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"For  if  ye  have  a  care  to  read,  ye  will  see  that  we  jire  faithful  to  our  came,  and  that  our  cause  is  just — tliat 
we  bear  glad  lidings,  and  light  up  the  dark  places  with  knowledge." 

|fP  Favor  Others,  Even  as  You  Yourself  Have  Been  Favored  :     Those  who  have  our  Printed 

V  Instructions,  and  have  found  them  to  be  a  desirable  and  proper  knowledge  to  be  in  the  hands  of 
~Very  wife  and  female,  and  who  feel  sufficiently  obliged  to  the  Authoress  for  her  experience  in  these 

\     tters,  will  confer  a  kindness  and  favor  by  sending  to  us  the  address  of  any  of  their  young  married 
>  \i lends,  or  those  more  advanced,  whom  they  would  have  profit  by  the  "Instructions,"  that  she  may 
f[  3nd  them  this  Pamphlet  by  return  mail.     Some  friend  of  yours  has  sent  us  your  name,  and  you 
nave  received  this  Pamphlet,  and  if  it  has  been  to  you  an  advantage  it  is  right  that  you  in  turn  favor 
some  one  else  by  sending  us  their  name,  that  they  may  in  like  manner  receive  its  benefits.    Let  us 
then  help  and  favor  each  other  if  we  are  engaged  in  a  worthy  employment.    It  sometimes  happens 
**  t  we  receive  the  same  address,  sent  by  different  persons,  at  different  intervals,  twice  or  more  times, 
'  \  iiich  results  in  sending  this  Pamphlet  to  such  an  address  more  than  once.    In  such  cases,  will  the 
party  receiving  extra  copies  please  enclose  the  same  lo  some  of  their  friends.    It  would  oblige  us,  and 
might  be,  in  many  cases,  a  very  great  favor  conferred  upon  the  party  receiving  the  Circulars.     Do  good 

V  others  even  more  than  others  have  done  good  unto  you. 

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'"THE  HABITS  OF  A  WELL-ORGANIZED  MARRIED  LIFE. 

BY  A  MARRIED  WOMAN. 

"  Two  souls  with  but  a  single  thought — 
Tiro  hearts  that  beat  as  one." 


Entered  1863—1864—1865—1866  and,  also, 
Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1867,  by  Mmes.  Beach,  Putney  &  Co.,  in  the  Clerk's  office  of  the 
District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York. 

pT  MARRIED  People— FEMALES— and  those  contemplating  MARRIAGE— will  find  it  to  their 
-sdviintage  to  Preserve  this  Pamphlet,  after  reading  it  through,  for  future  reference.     There  are 
■"canons  in  married  life  where  a  reference  to  it  is  very  desirable,  and  none  will  be  unpaid  for  the  time  spent 
y    i  .  perusing  it.  for  "a  stitch  in  time  saves  nine." 

The  Design  of  the  Marriage  Relation  is  to  the  attainment  of  the  highest  degree  of 
happiness  between  the  sexes.  Its  object  is  that  of  love,  felicity  and  unity,  in  the  which  an  healthy 
offspring  adds  to  its  fullness  delights  overflowing,  crowned  by  the  sanction  of  a  beneficent  Giver. 
rrhe  happiness  and  welfare  of  this  relation  very  much  depends  upon  the  health  of  the  wife.  If  at 
w  marriage  she  be  healthy,  and  if,  by  an  understand^  of  her  being,  she  avoids  these  shocks  that  so 
*"  suddenly  undermine  the  deiicate  lfcitmfe  of  the  fecial,  she  %viit  'be*  the '  ^object  of  happiness,  adoTatioriy- 
and  love  ;  giving  birth  to  healthy  children,  and  making  all  about  her  a  seeming  paradise  ;  but  if  she 
be  unhealthy,  or  if,  from  a  want  of  proper  knowledge,  she  lose  her  strength,  become  infirm  and 
delicate,  she  will  be  at  the  best  a  subject  of  sympathy,  an  helpless  object,  a  beclouded  light,  with  but 
little  cheering,  animating  or  attractive.  An  healthy  wife,  possessing  natural  passion  and  devotion 
for  her  husband,  is  the  rarest  of  gifts,  and  it  is  a  subject  of  deep  regret  that  marriage  so  little, 
comparatively,  is  known  concerning  the  laws  of  our  being  ;  and  this  absence  e4  knowledge  is  the 
principal  cause  of  so  much  female  suffering,  so  much  complaint  and  unhappiness  in  married  life. 
When  health  is  gone,  and  a  shattered  constitution  renders  the  female  totally  unfit  to  act  as  a  wife, 
she  begins  to  inquire  after  these  laws  regulating  her  being.  Would  it  not  be  better  to  inquire  at 
first,  while  in  the  possession  of  health,  so  as  to  be  able  to  preserve  it?  It  is  the  diadem  of  this 
world's  existence — your  guarantee  to  connubial  bliss!  Seek  for  and  grasp  it  with  hooks  of  steel, 
for  on  it  the  peace  and  welfare  of  yourself  and  family  depend. 

All  Entering  the  Marriage  ReSation  desire  knowledge  in  these  matters.  They  seldom 
possess  the  courage  to  consult  those  more  experienced  than  themselves,  and  were  they  to,  the  limited 
-  answers  they  might  receive  would  be  productive  of  as  much  mischief  as  good.  Besides,  there  are  but  few 
who  possess  sufficient  learning  and  research  upon  the  physiology  of  generation,  the  reproductive  functions, 
and  the  workings  of  the  female  organs,  to  impart  any  reliable  information,  and  those  who  do  are  invariably  a 
class  of  medical  persons,  both  male  and  female,  who  have  made  this  a  separate  branch  of  study  and  a  pro- 
fession, and  who  disclose  their  knowledge  and  experience  only  to  special  students,  who  devote  their  lives 
to  the  welfare  and  advancement  of  humanity.  Hence  it  is  that  the  masses  of  people  are  shut  up  in  igno- 
rance— even  against  their  most  anxious  longings — which  hurls  them  blindfoldly  amid  unhappiness  and 
misery.  Disease  and  misfortune  constantly  attend  the  marriage  state  by  reason  of  this  absence  of  proper 
information. 

This  Branch  of  Learning  is  more  complete  and  thorough  among  the  French  medical  faculties 
than  with  any  other  people,  and  even  the  common  subjects,  especially  the  ladies  of  France,  are  possessed  of 
vastly  more  familiarity  and  acquaintance  in  this  department  of  science  than  the  medical  men  and  doctors  of 
the  United  States,  who  seem  to  practice  medicine  and  surgery  only,  leaving  those  subjects  neglected  which  are 
equally  interesting  and  vastly  important  to  human  happiness,  and  which  pertain  to  a  proper  and  natural 
prevention  of  too  frequent  and  burdensome  conceptions,  which  are  productive  of  too  large  families ;  and  to 
the  healthy  and  cleansing  means  of  treating  and  removing  obstructions  in  the  female  without  injury,  but  to 
her  decided  improvement  and  comfort.  People  in  this  country  are  too  liable  to  blush  at  a  knowledge  of 
their  own  being  in  these  matters,  and  will  oftentimes  affect  to  shun  them  from  feigned  decorum,  while  in 
France  a  discovery  of  anything  pertaining  to  these  matters,  would  be  sought  after  and  embraced  by  all,  as 
essential  knowledge  for  their  happiness  and  well-being.  Should  ladies  blush  to  understand  and  know  their 
own  being  in  all  its  wonderful  and  interesting  workings  and  intricacies  ?  To  fully  understand  these  things 
is  to  understand  how  to  be  able  to  keep  these  members  healthy  and  free  from  female  weaknesses  and  disease, 
thus  maintaining  an  healthy  appearance  and  complexion  to  the  face,  which  preserves  woman  in  an  healthy, 
prominent,  and  sweet  appearance,  as  nature  designed  her. 

During  a  few  years  past,  Important  Discoveries  have  oeen  made,  mostly 
among  the  French,  and  my  extensive  advantages  have  enabled  me  to  derive  a  thorough  knowledge,  per- 
fected through  a  long  experience  in  medical  practice,  which,  without  egotism,  I  can. say,  qualifies  me  to 
give  important  and  invaluable  instmrtion  in  the  sur^  prevention  of  Conception,  and  in  the  removal  of  all 
obstructions  and  \rrenvi<-™t»*~  '  — ^o^ment  of  an  almost  innumerable  variety  of  subjects 


enables  me  to  be  fully  advised  of  the  wants  and  desires  of  married  people  on  this  subject,  and  the  informa- 
tion needed  by  them.    French'  ladies  versed  in  these  matters,  have  too  often  considered  it  a  delicate 
subject,  and  outside  their  calling,  to  advertise  as  ;  medical  adviser  in  these  hidden  and  long-looked-for 
laws,  and  they  have  been  content  to  "  hide  their  light  under  a  bushel,"  in  spito  of  the  many  examples  of 
human  suffering  constantly  brought  to  their  observation,  and  imploringly  calling  on  them  fer  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  their  mysterious  being.    But  such  notions  of  delicacy  are  now  becoming  too  obviously 
incorrect  to  obtain  sway  among  the  professional  nurses  and  medical  attendants  from  the  French  dispen- 
saries, and  I  shall  promulgate  these  truths  in  like  manner,  as  any  medical  or  anatomical  laws.  { 
People  are  aroused,  and  demand  a  proper  knowledge  of  the  laws  regulating  and  controlling  the 
temale  system.    In  fact,  these  matters  are  no  longer  to  remain  "  professional  mysteries,"  and  it  is  now  no 
longer  deemed  a  digression  for  all  married  people,  and  those  contemplating  marriage,  to  become  acquainted 
with  the  laws  of  their  being,  that  they  may  regulate  the  number  of  their  children  as  will  best  adapt  itself 
to  the  condition  and  means  of  the  parent.    This  can  no  more  be  confined  to  a  few  ' '  monopolists  of  knowl- 
edge," than  any  other  class  of  learning.    The  time  is  not  far  distant,  when  it  was  asserted  that  thisj 
science  should  not  generally  be  made  known  to  the  world,  on  the  ground  that  it  is  highly  improper  ;  but? 
now  this  foolish  pretext  is  ignored,  and  the  "wise"  conservatives  of  that  age  are  learning  that  the 
mothers  and  young  wives  of  this  day  are  willing  no  longer  to  admit  ignorance  a  virtue,  and  remain  in 
confusion  and  error,  but  deem  it  no  risk  in  being  wise.    I  have  conversed  with  but  few  people  but  what 
concede  the  importance  of  a  proper  diffusion  of  this  information,  and  the  only  objection  raised,  if  any, 
chat  young  people  might  take  advantage  of  such  knowledge,  when,  without  it,  a  fear  of  accident  wot^J 
.  restrain  them.    To  this  class,  who  think  they  discover  such  danger  in  permitting  young  people  to  fully 
understand  the  French  manner  of  avoiding  conception  and  removing  obstructions,  and  restoring  to  the 
female  her  monthly  period,  I  will  say,  that  very  often  that  class  of  young  people — who  would  indulge 
because  they  could  in  perfect  safety — would  be  so  unguarded  and  reckless  that  they  would,  through  their 
ungoverned  passions,  be  quite  likely  to  satisfy  their  desire  at  any  event,  running  their  chances  on  concep- 
tion taking  place.    In  advancing  to  the  world  this  system  of  treatment — so  healthy  and  natural  to  the 
female — the  above  objection  h  is  been  fairly  considered  by  the  most  influential  and  well-disposed  medical 
men,  and  the  conclusion  attained  by  them  is,  that  the  theory  and  laws  which  regulate  the  copulation  of 
our  beings  should  be  fully  known,  and  that  there  is  no  good  reason  or  justice  in  keeping  the  masses  shut 
out  from  healthful  knowledge  merely  for  fear  that  a  few  ill-disposed  persons  may  make  an  improper  use 
of  this  knowledge.    It  is,  in  fact,  useless  to  undertake  to  suppress  these  long  anticipated  truths,  and 
matters  of  such  grave  importance  to  the  welfare,  enjoyment  and  prosperity  of  the  marriage  state,  will  find 
tlieir  way  to  the  many  in  search  of  light ;  and  ks  is  far  better,  as  long  as  it  is  impossible  to  confine  these 
discoveries  to  the  medical  faculty  only,  to  let  the  world  have  them  by  positive  communication,  than  to,  at 
times,  obtain  some  vague  and  imperfect  idea  of  its  character,  which  is  more  liable  to  harm  than  the  xohol^ 
truth  could  do,  were  its  influences  and  advantages  injurious.    But  it  is  certainly  conferring  no  compliment 
upon  our  young  men  and  ladies  to  assert  that  their  only  virtue  lies  in  a  fear  that  sexual  indulgence  may 
bring  about  unpleasant  results.    If  their  integrity  is  founded  on  fear  alone,  they,  surely,  are  not  very  safe 
as  regards  the  consequences  that  follow  cohabitation ;  for  their  fear  would  be  liable  to  fail  them  in  the 
hour  of  temptation,  and  hence  it  would  be  far  better  to  submit  to  them  this  knowledge,  if  fear  be  their  only 
virtue — that  they  may  have  no  other  impending  doom  than  the  shame  of  sexual  intercourse.    For  my 
part,  I  think  that  those  "would  be"  counselors,  who  advance  such  ideas,  certainly  have  too  low  anil 
degrading  an  opinion  of  our  young  people,  to  be  trusted  with  any  cave  over  them,  and  that  such  objection 
should  be  totally  disregarded.    People  who  enter*  ...  inch  unjust  ideas  are  laying  themselves  liable  to  the 
accusation  of  simply  judging  the  young  by  themselves  in  their  past  unprincipled  habits,  and,  if  not  sc. 
they  are  certainly  judging  the  whole  class  of  young  people  by  a  few  unfortunate  victims  to  licentiousness, 
that  may  have  fallen  under  their  observation.    The  masses  of  young  people  are  protected  by  higher  and 
more  noble  principles  than  fear  of  impregnation  ;  and  fear,  be  it  more  or  less,  is  no  reliable  or  successful 
defense  to  an  exciting  and  passionate  temptation.    The  fallacy  of  this  unjust  charge  is  easily  discovered, 
which  sets  aside  the  idea  that  some  people  have  held,  that  there  is  virtue  in  ignorance  in  these  matters. 
We  certainly  cannot  hold  that  any  young  couple  refrain  from  indulgence  by  reason  of  danger  only,  for 
then  we  must  admit  that  they  would  be  disposed  to,  and  would  gratify  their  curiosity  in  many  slight 
practices  and  propensities,  which,  to  them,  most  evidently,  would  be  safe.    All  know  that  such  slight  . 
indulgences  are  not  extensive,  and  if  it  be  through  fear,  and  fear  only,  that  the  young  abstain  from  more 
serious  association — and  these  are  undisputably  safe — why  are  they  so  unfrequent  ?    The  fact  is,  fear  has 
nothing  to  do  with  it,  for  young  persons,  generally  speaking,  possess  more  substantial  virtue  than  this, 
and  a  refinement  and  taste  for  that  which  is  pleasing  to  God,  and  harmonizing  with  true  and  chaste 
society,  which,  in  all,  is  a  strong  shield  against  temptation  and  unholy  desires. 

Tllie  time  is  come,  when  virtue  does  not  consist  in  ignorance  or  fastidious  affectation  to  ignorance 
Virtue  consists,  more  properly,  in  a  knowledge  of  Cb>d's  laws  which  govern  and  regulate  our  being,  and  it  - 
is  a  crime,  not  a  virtue,  to  be  ignorant  of  them  ;  lor  through  that  ignorance  we  generate  unhealthy  and 
deformed  offspiing,  resulting  in  the  ruin  of  that  health  given  us  for  our  comfort  and  happiness  in  this 
life.  Knowledge,  and  of  one's  self,  is  one  of  the  highest  virtues  ;  for  to  understand  the  laws  that  regulate 
the  reproductive  system — when  by  them  we  are  able  to  produce  our  offspring  at  such  periods  as  we  may 
select  as  most  suited  to  our  ability,  and  of  such  a  number  as  to  give  each  of  them  all  necessary  qualifica- 
tions for  life,  and  to  be  able  to  rid  ourselves  of  any  delay  in  a  healthy  and  prompt  menstruation,  without 
conflicting  with  the  routine  of  nature's  laws — is  being  familiar  with  the  powers  that  God  has  given  us, 
to  understand  and  control.  This  knowledge  should  be  attained  by  us,  and  it  is  deploring  to  see  how  long 
it  has  been  neglected.  This  study  of  our  physical  nature  is  also  productive  of  a  higher  tone  of  sentiment 
respecting  those  powers,  dispelling  all  vicious  propensities,  which,  hitherto,  have  so  often  attended  and 
characterized  this  subject.  Neither  can  we  shun  the  study  of  this  branch  of  our  nature,  instituted  alike  by 
our  Creator,  as  other  members  of  our  being,  having  its  appropriate  calling,  and  designed  for  our  mutual 
welfare  and  good  ;  and  it  is  mocking  the  all-wise  Giver  to  avoid  a  proper  understanding  of  these  func- 
tions— as  if  created  unnecessarily  and  for  an  improper  purpose.  A  blush  at  a  knowledge  of  them  is  being 
displeased  with  the  Giver  of  all  good,  and  ashamed  of  his  wonderful  works.  There  are  always  some  who  will 
convert  knowledge  to  an  unholy  advantage,  but  this  shall  be  no  just  cause  for  withholding  it  from  others. 
This  class  have  been  termed  "moral  fanatics,"  and  to  deprive  ail  others  of  knowledge,  because  of  them, 
would  be  very  unwise.  It  is  also  noticeable,  that  those  who  are  so  fearful  that  information  of  this  kind 
Avill  prove  injurious  to  the  world,  are  never  fearful  of  being  injured  by  it  themselves,  but  are  always  ready 
and  willing  to  grasp  all  within  their  power,  it  mattering  not  what  trouble  they  undergo,  or  the  amount 
of  money  they  have  to  pay,  to  obtain  the  secret.  I  wish  merely  to  show  the  positive  fallacy  in  such  notions, 
and  that,  when  these  important  and  interesting  matters  are  treated  as  low,  it  is  wholly  through  deplorable 
ignorance,  selfishness,  or  a  desire  to  "  monopolize  "  this  knowlege  :  but  that  through  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  these  laws,  parents  are  able  to  limit  and  regulate  healthy  offspring,  and  that  this  science  is  of  a 
noble  and  honorable  character,  purely  moral  in  its  bearing,  advancing  and  elevating  the  condition  of 


Woman  is  a  victim  to  various  abuses  and  infamous  customs,  and  while  the  fact  is  daily  recog- 
nized, she  is  too  much  prone,  under  the  shabby  customs  of  the  day,  to  continue  under  their  wasting  and  decay- 
ing power.  Woman  was  created  in  health  and  beauty,  but  the  forms  of  slavish  society  have  rendered  her 
emaciated  and  comparatively  inattractive.  There  is  in  woman  a  natural  pride  to  be  agreeable,  attractive 
and  highly  esteemed.  To  be  beautiful  and  lovely  is  her  natural  characteristic  ambition,  and  with  these  gifts, 
she  is  belter  calculated  to  adorn  the  household  and  inspire  her  whole  family  to  noble  traits  and  aims  in  life? 
She  then  is  admired  by  all,  and  all  are  influenced  by  her  ;  for  who  wields  a  greater  power  in  the  household 
or  social  circle  than  an  healthy,  attractive  woman  ?  But  woman  cannot  be  beautiful  or  agreeable  without 
preserving  her  health  ;  and  her  health  cannot  be  maintained  without  a  knowledge  to  the  good  regulation 
of  the  mysteries  attending  her  being.  She  should  so  understand  herself  as  to  be  able  to  regulate  the  num- 
ber of  her  offspring,  and  to  place  them  at  such  periods  of  a  year  as  is  best  adapted  to  her  conveniences  in 
life.  She  should  be  able  to  avoid  excessive  child-bearing,  for  nothing  so  tends  to  abuse  a  woman's  health, 
strength  and  longevity  as  this.  It  is  a  fact  established  among  physicians,  and  all,  that  this  evil ,  excessive  child- 
bearing,  is  the  cause  of  more  ill  health  and  mortality  among  women  than  all  other  causes  combined.  Now,  it 
is  her  privilege  and  duty,  first  of  all,  to  preserve  her  health,  and  to  pass  through  confinement  only  at  such 
intervals  as  is  advantageous  to  her  health,  circumstances  and  family.  In  entering  the  marriage  relation 
she  does  not  forfeit  a  single  right,  nor  is  she  to  be  plundered  of  health  and  forced  into  a  state  of  servile 
breeding  and  nursing,  so  destructive  and  sapping  in  its  nature.  It  is  her  prerogative  to  avoid  conception 
taking  place,  except  at  such  times  as  is  conducive  to  good,  and  then  when  nursing  is  past  to  fully  allow  the 
system  to  gain  its  normal  condition  and  strength.  No  husband  would  wish  otherwise,  and  it  is  therefore 
the  duty  of  both  husband  and  wife  to  fully  understand  their  procreative  functions,  and  to  understand  how 
to  enjoy  the  connubial  companionship  without  causing  impregnation.  This  is  a  privilege  incident  to  the 
marriage  relation,  and  no  couple  is  wise  who  will  run  hap-hazards  in  these  matters.  It  is  attended  with 
premature  conceptions,  destructive  of  the  beauty  and  health  of  the  female  by  excessive  offspring,  and  a  gen- 
eral breaking  down  of  the  high-toned  bliss  which  may  be  preserved  in  every  marriage  relation.  If  woman 
would  retain  her  loveliness  and  influence  to  admiration,  if  she  would  remain  in  health,  giving  birth  to  well- 
conceived  and  healthy  offspring  at  such  intervals  as  is  adapted  to  both  welfare  of  babe  and  mother— if  she 
would  avoid  unnecessary  suffering  and  premature  decay,  let  her  "  take  a  stitch  in  time  "  and  understand 
the  laws  of  her  being  pertaining  to  the  intimacy  of  the  sexes.  By  so  doing  she  may  have  full  enjoy- 
ment of  the  ecstasy  and  raptures  attending  this  relation,  unlimited  and  overflowing,  without  the  constant 
fear  of  conception  taking  place,  or  the  ills  and  breaking-down  influences  of  excessive  confinements. 

The  Old  System. — Let  us  next  turn  our  attention  mere  intimately,  if  the  reader  will  please 
to  do  so,  to  the  o'ld  and  imperfect  system,  practiced  by  women  and  nodical  men,  of  avoiding  con- 
conception  ;  and,  in  cases  of  necessity,  of  producing  a  return  of  ths  mothly  flow.  This  treatment 
should  receive  our  notice,  for  it  is  frequently  discussed  by  those  interested,  and  necessarily  recommen- 
ded by  those  who  are  unacquainted  with  the  French  manner  of  trsafing  these  two  branches  of  science, 
which  is  with  unlimited  success,  and  in  perfect  conformity  *srith  health  and  nature.  The  11  old  treat- 
ment," so  called,  is  in  very  general  use  at  the  present  day  among  those  not  in  possession  of  the 
French  treatment,  being  adopted  for  what  it  is  worth  in  the  absence  of  better  information.  It  con- 
sists of  a  variety  of  plans.  The  onan  prevention,  so  called — derived  from  the  Bible — is  practiced  at  the 
present  day  to  a  very  great  extent.  The  style  of  this  is  simply  to  break  off  association  just  before 
the  male  orgasm  or  emission  occurs,  keeping  the  fluid  from  the  female  entirely.  This  is  uncertain,  as 
the  semen  or  male  principle  often  escapes  in  smal' "Amounts  before  the  general  or  final  emission  takes 
place.  It  is  also  injurious  both  to  the  male  -And  female  ;  to  the  male,  because  the  emission  takes  place 
in  the  absence  of  the  female  organs,  rendering  it  slow  and  incomplete  for  want  of  the  usual  pressure 
and  suction  produced  by  them,  and  of  all  those  peculiar  sensations  which  the  connection  of  these  or- 
gans produce  over  each  other.  Much  of  the  semen  is  undischarged,  and  is  left  in  the  Urethra  and 
Seminal  Ducts,  causing  debility  and  irritation,  which  is  extremely  liable  to  become  permanent,  resulting 
in  involuntary  emissions  and  impotence.  To  the  female,  nervous  exhaustion  and  dissatisfaction  is  pro- 
duced, as  it  is  important  to  her  that  the  male  pressure  be  unremitting  and  natural,  completing  in  her 
the  act  of  copulation,  and  a  healthy  reaction  of  the  muscular  powers.  In  fact,  this  "onan  method" 
is  a  kind  of  masturbation,  which  is  ungratifying  and  detrimental  to  both  sexes. 

"  Certain  Intervals  "  not  safe. — The  method  of  relying  on  certain  intervals  between  the 
menstruating  period,  when  conception  cannot  take  place,  is  now  ineffectual  as  a  permanent  thing, 
inasmuch  as  no  female  is  so  regular  but  that  she  is  liable  at  times  to  vary  in  her  menstrual  functions, 
which  could  not  be  detected  and  shunned  without  a  full  understanding  of  the  minutest  laws,  and  a 
"recognition  of  many  almost  technical  feelings  and  nervous  sensations,  which,  to  the  masses,  are  not  un- 
derstood, and  are  wholly  unheard  of.  Those  relying  on  this  are  almost  sure  to  meet  with  some  pre- 
ternatural and  unusual  menstruation,  at  least,  within  the  space  of  a  year,  which  would  certainly  lead  to 
accidental  conception,  which  would  then,  on  the  whole,  prove  as  useless  to  them  as  if  they  utterly 
disregarded  the  times  of  danger,  and  cohabited  without  the  slightest  care  ;  and  thus  falling  into  the 
hands  of  such  a  conception,  a  state  of  pregnancy  would  be  inevitable  to  them,  without  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  science  of  at  once  recalling  the  regular  monthly  flow  under  the  French  system.  It  also 
confines  this  intercourse  to  a  term  of  days  when  least  desired  by  the  female,  which,  of  course,  is  not 
beneficial  to  her,  and  is  also  injurious  to  the  male,  because  of  its  irregularity. 

The  Other  Plans  adopted  are  included  under  some  of  the  following  heads :  Solutions  of  various 
kinds  and  invention — Salts,  Sulphate  of  Zinc,  Chloride  of  Zinc  and  Alum,  Sulphate  of  Iron,  Sponges,  Brander- 
reaths,  Composition  of  Anamecus,  Compression  near  and  of  the  Scrotum,  miscellaneous  Powders,  Ephers,  &c. ,  &c ; 
all  of  which  I  am  fully  acquainted  with,  and  are  more  or  less  effectual  in  their  assigned  sphere  in  destroy- 
"  ing  or  expelling  the  animalcules,  or  instantly  removing  the  embryo.  Yet  it  is  lamentable  to  observe,  as  I 
have  in  my  practice  and  medical  observations,  the  misery  and  suffering,  yea,  the  deplorable  wretchedness 
caused  by  the  use  of  such  rashness,  drugs  and  chemicals.  Where  they  kill  the  animalcules,  they  fail  only  to 
kill  the  female,  because  of  her  superior  temperament  over  the  animalculcc ;  but  they  never  fail  to  implant 
within  her  the  seeds  of  suffering,  disease,  impotence,  and  of  death.  .  Even  a  simple  preparation  of  allim, 
though,  generally  quite  ineffectual,  and  not  to  be  relied  upon  as  a  preventive,  will  cause  the  female  organs 
to  so  contract  and  pucker,  as  to  produce  a  permanent  congestion,  destroying,  in  a  short  time,  all  amativc- 
ness  or  desire  in  the  female  for  the  society  of  the  male,  and  resulting,  in  some,  in  inflammation  of  the  icomb 
and  vagina,  in  others  excoriations,  while  again  in  others,  hemorrhage.  The  manner  of  removing  "  obstructions  " 
under  this  old  practice,  is  by  forcing  nature  by  rash  means  of  compulsion  introduced  both  inside  and  out. 
and  by  such  other  injurious  modes,  as  are  actually  degrading,  and  dangerously  severe  to  the  existence  of 
the  system.  Language  cannot  paint  the  remorse  that  visits  those  who  resort  to  such  self-destruction  by 
taking  the  preparations  that  are  put  up  for  this  purpose.  A  general  debility,  attended  with  shocking  and 
frantic  nervousness,  often  seizes  the  victim,  and  drags  her  to  a  wretched  and  untimely  grave.  Pills  and 
compounds,  put  up  and  for  sale  for  this  purpose,  are  composed  of  poisonous  stone  and  other  injurious 
chemicals,  and  should  never  be  taken  to  produce  a  return  of  the  monthly  flow,  nor  to  avoid  conception, 
It  is  unnatural,  and  is  attended  wi*-**  -   U1  *cl  lasting  consequences. 


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Importance  of  the  New  System.— This  old  system,  then,  is  a  rough  and  compulsory 

system,  more  after  the  manner  of  producing,  at  a  very  early  time  of  the  embryo,  a  kind  of  abortion ;  and 
those  methods  resorted  to,  to  avoid  conception,  being  almost  wholly  unavailing  as  well  as  highly  injurious 
People  being  thus  unadvised,  impairing  the  health  and  reproductive  faculties  through  such  treatment,  it  be- 
comes useful  for  all  students  of  the  French  Practice,  to  show  the  impropriety  and  evil  consequences  of  an 
incomplete  practice,  and  to  impart,  in  a  proper  manner,  the  safe  and  judicious  mode.  For  it  is  conceded 
f»y  all  who  have  considered  this  subject,  that  it  is  proper  and  often  urgent,  at  times,  to  remove  obstructions 
of  the  female  menstruations,  when  the  condition  of  health  of  the  female  is  such,  that  to  bear  offspring  would 
result  in  disastrous  consequences  ;  and  certainly  it  cannot  be  wrong,  in  such  cases,  to  take  a  step  in  time,  and 
prevent  the  conception  taking  place,  or  if  the  conception  has  taken  place,  to  remove  it  in  a  consist- 
ent and  healthful  manner.  It  is  also  true,  that  many  of  us  are  subjected  to  trying  complaints  and  diseases 
that  cannot  be  cured  nor  even  treated  during  a  state  of  pregnancy,  but  which  are  of  such  a  terrifying  and 
appalling  nature  that,  if  not  at  once  removed  by  constant  care,  would  terminate  the  life  of  the  victim,  and 
incase  of  offspring,  the  ailment  would  descend  in  fresh  life  to  the  child.  The  Pelvis,  in  many  females,  is  so 
deformed  that  it  is  impossible  for  them  even  to  produce  live  children,  while  some,  in  this  condition,  are 
sure  to  die  if  a  child  is  allowed  to  develop  Avithin  the  womb  to  the  stage  of  five  months. 

Ill  IleaEth  and  limited  Means. — There  are  also  many  unfortunate  females  that  are  attended 
through  life  with  ill  health  And  female  weakness,  and  many  are  caused  by  excessive  child-bearing,  which  is 
liable  to  terminate  their  lives  at  each  successive  confinement ;  while  others  are  of  such  limited  circuni- 
stances  in  life,  and  also  possessed  of  a  comparatively  large  number  of  children,  that  further  additions  of 
offspring  would  reduce  the  whole  to  misery  and  want.  It  therefore  is  not  denied  by  physicians,  where 
persons  arc  surrounded  by  such  circumstances,  that  it  is  a  medical  necessity  that  they  avoid  conception, 
and  remove  all  obstructions,  at  such  a  period,  and  in  such  conformity  to  the  laws  of  nature,  as  to  be  not  in 
the  least  injurious.  It  is  truly  said,  that  marriage  is  ordained  by  the'God  of  creation,  and  that  the  asso- 
ciations, or  copulation  of  the  sexes  in  wedlock,  is  essential  to  health  and  nature,  and  to  abstain  from  this 
law  is  attended  with  revolting  consequences.  •  Also,  the  enjoyment  or  gratification  dealt  out  in  this 
state,  being  a  part  of  that  relation,  is  not  to  be  avoided,  but  necessarily  essential.  Hence,  conception  is 
not  avoided  by  abstinence — for  this  would  be  an  extreme,  a  folly,  and  a  sacrifice  of  nature,  and  a  method 
that  would  not  be  observed.  Some  persons  are  disposed  to  hold  that  conception  should  be  avoided  by 
abstinence;  but  the  masses  will  not  submit  to  such  a  restriction,  and  could  not,  without  the  greatest  harm 
attending  them.  It  is  also  inconsistent,  to  maintain  that  the  demand  of  nature  can  be  slighted  and 
denied,  without  giving  birth  to  unthought-of  practices,  obscene  indulgences  and  pollutions,  which  would 
lead  to  family  discord  and  bodily  decay.  But  still  it  shall  be  my  purpose  to  leave  such  considerations  to 
the  candid  discretion  of  my  reader,  allowing  myself  to  go  no  further  than  to  disclose  the  impracticability  of 
the  old  method  now  generally  in  use,  and  to  maintain  the  propriety  of  a  natural  and  unexceptional  treat- 
ment in  cases  of  necessity — so  popular  and  successful  is  our  French  school  of  medicine. 

Imperative  Cases. — It  is  known  to  physicians  and  their  immediate  patients  only,  that  it  is 
the  practice,  in  case  of  a  female  with  a  deformed  Pelvu,  and  in  all  those  cases  where  it  is  imposible  for  a 
mother  to  give  birth  to  her  child  and  live,  to  produce  an  abortion.  This  practice  is  universal,  and  was  in 
France,  as  laid  down  in  Chailly's  Midwifery,  before  the  development  of  the  new  system  of  treatment.  And 
the  reasons  were  good,  as  it  was  better  to  lose  the  foetus,  than  to  sacrifice  the  child  and  mother  too — 
which  would  be  the  inevitable  case  if  gestation  continued.  Hence,  we  see  at  once  that  in  all  those  frequent 
oases,  it  would  be  advisable  to  understand  the  means  oi  preventing  conception.,  or  in  case  of  obstruction,  of 
property  calling  the  immediate  return  of  the  montUti/  flow,  and  restore  nature  to  her  customary  channel, 
under  the  French  system,  than  to  undergo  the  ills  and  injurious  consequences  of  producing  an  abortion, 
which  I  consider,  at  all  times  so  injurious  as  to  be  avoided,  if  possible,  and  to  be  undertaken  only  at  the 
instance  and  suggestion  of  responsible  physicians,  solely  where  the  preservation  of  the  life  of  the  mother  de- 
mands it.  The  fact  is,  if  married  females  would  understand  the  natural  and  proper  means  of  keeping 
their  periods  regular,  at  all  events,  and  also  of  preventing  any  risk"  of  conception  taking  place — if  they  so 
choose — and  in  cases  of  obstructions,  of  being  able  to  at  once  reinstate  a  vigorous  return  of  the  menstrual 
flow,  under  the  French  system,  there  would  be  none  of  the  many  abortions  so  frequently  produced  among 
them,  and  they  would  see  merrier  and  happier  days — for,  notwithstanding  all,  many  of  our  sex  are  so  con- 
structed and  formed,  that  we  will  place  our  lives  almost  at  stake  to  avoid  a  continuation  of  pregnancy  ;  and 
it  is  for  us  to  say  whether  we  will  understand  the  plain,  unerring  French  system  of  removing  all  obstruc- 
tions, irregularities  and  sujypressions  of  the  female  menstruation,  though  the  same  be  of  long  standing — thereby 
reinstating  the  monthly  flow  in  regularity,  and  the  method  of  ensuring  prevention  of  conception  at  our 
will — or  whether  we  will  allow  the  evil  to  advance  to  such  a  degree,  that  an  abortion  will  be  the  only 
alternative  laid  down  by  our  physician. 

^  The  "French  System,"  so  called,  of  preventing  conception,  and  for  removing  all  pains, 
irregularities,  suppressions,  obstructions  and  delays;  arising  from  whatever  cause,  in  the  female  men- 
struation, is  the  result  and  development  of  very  recent  investigations  made  by  the  learned  doctors 
md  physicians  in  the  dispensaries  in  France.  So  cruel,  imperfect  and  detrimental  was  the  old  rough 
ineffectual  mode  practiced  as  a  preventive  and  for  removing  obstructions,  that  this  medical  school 
was  determined  to  spare  no  efforts  to  bring  to  light  a  system  which  should  accord  with  nature  and 
with  the  delicate  constitution  of  woman.  Their  laborious  anatomical  researches  resulted  in  developing 
an  entire  new  code,  and  a  system  that  smiles  upon  woman  with  lasting  good,  imparting  the  most 
beneficial  and  invigorating  advantages  to  the  married  couple.  This  discovery,  or  French  system, 
was  at  once  embodied  in  the  French  medical  books,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  brightest  achieve- 
ments in  French  medicine. 

Its  Introduction  into  the  States.— From  its  recent  origin,  and.  owing  to  the  great 
neglect  of  the  American  people  in  becoming  acquainted  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  these  sexual  matters, 
this  French  system  is  comparatively  in  its  infancy  in  the  United  States.  The  Authoress  of  this  sheet  is  the 
only  person  who  has  prepared  a  work  for  Ihe  American  Public  simply  embracing  this  system,  and  she  h  is 
divested  it  of  all  those  medical  and  technical  phrases  so  little  understood  by  those  not  versed  in  medicine, 
and  has  placed  it  in  terms  and  form  best  adapted  to  the  understanding  and  possession  of  the  American 
wife  and  mother.  The  Copyright  of  the  work  has  been  secured  to  her  alone,  under  the  act  of  the  Congress 
of  the  United  States,  under  the  title-head  of  "  Printed  Instructions."  The  work  contains  all  things 
known  to  the  medical  world  relative  to  these  important  matters,  and  the  Authoress  revises  each  subsequent 
edl  "ion  when  anv  new  thing  of  importance  comes  to  light. 

>The  Printed  Instructions.— The  Authoress'  newly  revised  " Printed  Instructions"  fully 
comprise  the  "  French  System  "  of  preventing  conception  or  becoming  pregnant,  and  also  for  removing 
this  or  any  obstruction  of  the  monthly  period,  called  menstruation— arising  from  whatever  cause,  to- 
gether with  timely  hints  for  married  people.  They  employ  no  mode  or  means  other  than  those  in 
strict  conformity  to  nature's  laws.  Hence,  they  are  a  natural  system,  and  not  artificial  or  injuri- 
ous. They  are  invariably  efficacious,  and  contain  all  the  most  recent  discoveries  in  these  private 
matters.     They  are  not  in  the  least  hurtful  to  woman,  or  to  her  health,  and  are  invaluable  to  the 

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female  at  any  time  during  the  first  four  months.  Tt  has  been  the  aim  of  the  Authoress  to  present 
in  these  "Printed  Instructions,"  not  only  the  "French  System," 'of  preventing  conception  and  re- 
moving all  obstructions  complete,  but  to  lay  befnre  the  reader  a  book  of  such  knowledge  and  instruc- 
tion as  young  married  ladies  do  not  possess,  frc  i  want  of  experience,  and  such  advice  and  treatment 
as  but  few  married  ladies  of  experience  are  in  possession  of.  For  instance  :  many  young  married  la- 
dies find  themselves  destitute  of  any  sexual  feeling  whatever,  which  renders  association  to  them  diffi- 
cult and  offensive,  and  in  time  introduces  serious  ailments  unless  the  proper  treatment  is  adopted  ; 
while  others  find  themselves  with  so  strong  a  Hymen  or  with  a  partial  obstruction  in  the  en- 
trance of  the  Vagina,  producing  a  painful,  sensitive  and  irritable  feeling,  causing  great  nervousness, 
that  it  is  almost,  if  not  wholly  impossible  for  them  to  associate,  and  extremely  hurtful  and  injurious 
to  the  genital  organs.  Unless  proper  care  be  taken  with  the  simple  treatment  to  obviate  the  diffi- 
culty and  expel  the  nervousness  and  pain  arising  from  the  association,  the  powers  of  amative  and  sex- 
ual feeling  would  soon  be  utterly  destroyed,  resulting  in  unpleasant  dissatisfaction,  dislike  and  dis- 
gust. There  are  very  many  curious  impediments  and  little  obstructions  and  difficulties  to  many  new 
beginners  in  these  matters,  which  are  too  numerous  to  mention,  and,  if  properly  treated  in  the  out- 
set, are  easily  obviated,  but  unless  the  parties  do  submit  such  ailments  and  unnatural  conditions  to 
the  proper  treatment,  they  will  in  time  find  that  the  marriage  relation  may  be  attended  with  painfu 
realities  and  dissatisfaction,  as  well  as  with  perennial  sunshine,  affection  and  love.  The  "  Print:. t 
Instructions"  are  therefore  designed  to  meet  the  many  wants  of  those,  both  male  and  female,  so  fre- 
quently ignorant  of  the  nature  and  responsibilities  of  Married  Life,  treating  on  the  imperfections  aris- 
ing in  these  matters,  besides  giving  and  minutely  explaining  the  "  French  System  "  of  preventing 
conception  and  removing  all  obstructions,  including  an  Essay  pointing  out  the  state  of  immediate 
conception  and  containing  all  things  known  to  the  medical  world,  concerning  these  important  mat- 
ters, &c.,  &cf  And  it  is  due  from  me  to  the  public,  that  I,  in  this  circular,  again  express  my  grat- 
•  itude  for  their  generous  and  appreciative  liberality,  who  have  highly  rewarded  me  for  all  my  acquisi- 
tions in  this  branch  of  study,  by  purchasing  my  Printed  Instructions — which,  from  the  very  great 
increase  of  the  number  of  my  patrons  and  applicants,  enables  me  to  revise  and  enlarge  them  whenever 
improvement  or  new  matter  presents  itself.  A  female  that  would  be  prudent  and  happy — and  "  take 
a  stitch  in  time,  that  will  save  nine ' '  cannot  allow  herself  to  be  without  this  production,  when  it  is  so 
placed  on  reasonable  terms  within  the  reach  of  all.   "  Woman,  know  thyself." 

Price  ©f  tlie  Printed  Instructions.— The  newly  revised  "Printed  Instructions  "  on  the 
healthy  and  natural  means  of  preventing  and  disposing  of  conception,  and  for  removing  all  obstructions,  pains, 
irregularities  and  suppressions,  from  whatever  cause,  of  the  female  menstruation,  and  for  immediately  rein- 
stating a  vigorous  and  healthy  return  and  flow  of  the  monthly  period — with  advice  thereto — under 
and  comprising  the  French  System,  embodying  an  Essay,  pointing  out  reliable  means  by  which  the 
state  of  immediate  conception  may  at  once  be  detected  by  all  females,  in  which  condition,  especially 
during  the  first  four  months,  the  possession  of  these  "Printed  Instructions,"  and  a  compliance  with 
the  healthy  ana  natural  course  laid  down  therein,  will  be  invaluable  to  the  purchaser  and  secure  to 
her  all  that  she  desires  in  such  a  speedy,  natural  and  proper  mannner,  as  will  be  entirely  consistent 
to  her  state,  and  under  the  direction  of  which  French  System,  females  are  able,  with  entire  ease,  and 
without  the  use  of  envelopes,  safes,  drugs  or  preparations,  to  keep  their  periods  regular,  with  certain- 
ty in  any  event,  ensuring  a  prompt  and  reliable  menstruation,  avoiding  any  risk  of  conception  taking 
place,  thus  being  able  to  regulate  the  number  cf  tk  \r  families  to  their  convenience  and  circumstances 
in  life,  and  to  successfully  control  the  reproductive  functions  by  aid  of  this  mild,  natural  and  inva- 
riably effectual  system  ;  all  of  which  "Printed  Instructions,"  embracing  all  important  and  valuable 
hints  to  married  people,  may  be  had  of  the  Authoress  for  the  sum  and  price  of  Four  Dollars. 

Attention  Given  to  Special  Practice  and  Treatment. — From  my  long  expe- 
rience in  practice,  I  am  able  to  treat  under  the  French  mode  and  discipline,  with  entire  success,  all 
female  weaknesses,  complaints  and  infirmities,  and  feel  myself  thoroughly  acquainted  in  the  multi- 
plicity of  branches  pertaining  to  all  topics  growing  out  of  the  subject  of  my  works,  and  those 
desiring  to  consult  me  on  any  matters  thereto,  may  confidently  write  to  me,  in  full,  for  advice,  stating 
minutely  the  substance  desired,  whereupon  I  will  write  to  them  at  length,  giving  hints,  advice,  and 
directions,  as  may  best  seem  proper.  I  also  specially  treat  and  permanently  restore  the  want  of 
amative  vigor  in  those  who  experience  a  want  of  feeling  and  enjoyment.  There  are  thousands  of  wives 
thus  afflicted,  who  have  no  passion  whatever  for  the  conjugal  embrace,  and  shun  it  with  dislike. 
This  is  owing  to  a  dormant  and  inactive  state  of  the  sexual  organs,  and  by  timely  aid  is  easily  restored 
to  passionate  devotion  and  enrapture,  but  by  neglect  a  morbid  state  ensues,  engendering  various 
weaknesses,  complaints  and  disorders.  Those  desiring  my  special  attention  to  such  cases  can  have 
my  special  treatment,  for  which  I  charge  ten  dollars,  and  for  which  I  give  my  individual  attention, 
and  effect  a  permanent  restoration  of  the  amative  vigor.  The  patient  is  attended  with  no  other 
expense,  and  a  permanent  cure  is  guaranteed,  all  of  which  can  be  done  by  mail.  Also  read  "Expe- 
rience and  Practice,"  page  9. 


The  Uninjurious  Artificial  Modes  of  Preventing  Becoming  Pregnant. 

The  use  of  Envelopes,  Safes  and  Caps,  in  preventing  the  male  principle,  or  semen,  from  being  deposited 
in  the  female  organ,  is,  of  course,  a  sure  preventive  against  conception  taking  place,  as  well  as  being 
wholly  harmless.  Its  objection,  however,  is  that  it  is  attended  with  more  or  less  expense,  depending 
upon  the  habits  of  the  consumer  ;  and  although  it  is  undoubtedly  true  that  the  great  majority  of 
the  people  in  the  United  States  employ  their  use  as  a  preventive,  yet  those  who  find  it  fit  to  prac- 
tice economy,  and  who  have  found  their  way  to  our  Printed  Instructions,  have  wholly  discarded 
these  artificial  means,  and  our  simple  and  convenient  mode,  under  the  French  system,  has  been 
exclusively  adopted  by  them.  There  is  nothing  disagreeable  in  the  use  of  these  artificial  goods,  and 
very  many — who  look  more  to  enjoyment  than  to  money — employ,  for  a  change  or  novelty,  both  our 
Instructions  and  Envelopes.  The  expense  of  the  Envelopes  is  comparatively  small,  when  we  consider 
.  their  durability,  and  the  Instructions  once  had  are  never  attended  with  more  expense,  and  so  it  is 
that  those  not  in  close  circumstances,  and  who  desire  the  full  novelties  and  fruitions  of  married  life, 
use  from  week  to  week  both  means  of  prevention.  The  very  great  majority  of  others  which  we  receive 
call  for  both  Instructions  and  Envelopes,  and  we  have  repeated  indications  and  testimonials  from  our 
patrons  thit  they  find  a  kind  of  gratification  or  novel  pleasure  in  changing  from  the  monotony  in  the 
continual  use  of  one  to  the  occasional  introduction  of  the  other.  But  some,  who  place  a  higher 
value  on  a  few  dollars  than  pure  connubial  contrast  and  felicity,  will  adopt  the  Instructions  as  their 
only  indulgence,  and  never  think  of  that  sweetest  of%ll  diversions,  contrast  and  change.'"  The  New 
and  Varying  bring  their  own  charms  wherever  they  come,  and  in  no  place  are  they  more  needed  than 
in  married  life,  for  this  sacred  union  should  be  promoted  by  everything  that  brings  entertainment, 
relaxation  and  change  ;  for  parties  may  love  never  so  much,  and  in  the  fondest  devotion,  and  yet 
things  to  them  will  lose  their  original  enchantment,  if  no  well-adapted  change  is  introduced  to  break 


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the  monotonous  spell,  the  same  as  where  the  sweetest  of  music  becomes  tedious  to  the  ear  by  a  con- 
tinual repetition  ;  unlike  the  changing  yet  ever  constant  river  whose  waters  are  always  pure. 

A  Question  Answered. — From  the  foregoing,  the  answer  to  the  following  question,  which 
his  been  asked  us,  will  be  readily  seen:  "Why  do  persons,  in  buying  the  Printed  Instructions, 
buy  Envelopes  and  Safes,  or,  after  buying  Envelopes  and  Safes,  buy  the  Instructions,  when  either  is 
sufficient  for  preventing  conception —why  do  some,  having  one,  buy  the  other?"  It  is  this  :  there  are 
mauy  persons  in  affluent  circumstances,  who,  having  tested  th^  Instructions,  and  finding  them  natural 
and  effectual,  will;  out  of  curiosity,  or  a  disposition  to  the  attainment  of  convenience  and  enjoyment 
in  every  possible  variety,  order  our  Envelopes  ;  and  many  use  both  from  time  to  time,  out  of  the 
novelty  of  variety  or  change.  A  ship  needs  but  one  compass,  but  may  carry  two;  a  family  needs  but 
one  residence,  but  many  in  the  city  have  their  summer  residence  off  in  the  country  ;  a  household 
needs  but  one  clock,  but  may  have  two ;  and  so  it  is  that  a  married  couple  need  no  more  than  the 
Printrd  Instructions,  or  the  Envelopes,  for  preventing  conception,  but  many  lovers  of  happiness  and 
enjoyment  order  and  employ  both. 

Tlieir  Description. — The  use  of  these  Goods  is  of  French  invention.  The  first  adopted 
was  devised  by  a  man  at  Paris,  by  the  name  of  Mons.  Louis  Condom,  which  was  quite  a  century  ago, 
and  the  article,  as  then  made,  was  and  is  called  after  the  French  inventor,  Condoms.  Since  that 
time  the  thing  has  been  so  vastly  improved,  that  Condoms  are  in  use  only  among  a  limited  class, 
and  Envelopes,  Safes  and  Caps  are  almost  exclusively  employed  in  their  stead.  They  all,  however, 
spring  from  the  same  principle,  which  is  the  enveloping  of  the  male  organ  in  such  a  thin  silky  cov- 
ering or  tube  as  to  be  effectual  in  withdrawing  from  the  female  organ  all  the  male  semen,  and  to  be 
as  little  felt  during  copulation  as  possible.  It  is  not  remarkable  that  Condoms  are  of  French  inven- 
tion, when  we  consider  how  prominent  this  people  are  in  all  such  improvements  and  curious  inventions, 
and  how  characterized  as  a  nation  they  are  for  their  extravagance  in  dress,  food  and  drinks,  and 
amative  indulgences,  inasmuch  as  the  males  and  females  participate  in  this  sort  of  pleasing  gratification 
moro  than  any  other  people  in  the  civilized  world. 

The  Semi-Fibrous  Envelope. — This  is  the  most  practical  artificial  means  known,  and  is 
prepared  from  the  bladder  of  a  fish  caught  in  the  Rhine.  It  is  so  flexible  and  silky  in  texture,  and 
such  a  perfect  conductor  of  electricity  and  magnetism,  allowing  the  combined  action  of  the  alkalies 
and  acids  in  the  act  of  coition,  that  the  male  or  female  can  seldom  distinguish  its  presence.  And 
although  it  is  so  extremely  thin  and  fine  in  its  texture,  it  is  nevertheless  the  strongest  article  known, 
and  cannot  break  during  the  act. 

Tne  IVoose  Envelope. — This  is  an  ingenious  contrivance,  and  covers  only  the  glans  or  head 
of  the  penis,  leaving  the  rest  of  the  organ  uncovered.  It  is  rubber,  and  adheres  so  closely  by  the 
ring  behind  the  glans  of  the  penis,  as  to  be  a  very  desirable  thing. 

Tlie  French  Male  Safe  is  manufactured  from  gold-beaters'  skin,  or  the  most  delicate  and 
finest  of  the  goat  intestine,  and  for  general  use  and  economy,  as  well  as  practical  enjoyment,  is*  an 
established  and  standard  article. 

Condom. — This  is  a  tube  made  of  raw  skins,  and  usually  pasted  at  the  end.  To  manufacture 
it  for  market  requires  but  little  capital,  and  it  is  chiefly  advertised  and  sold  through  newspapers  by 
individual  men,  for  all  they  can  get,  or  for  almost,  if  not  quite  as  much  per  dozen,  as  it  costs  to  buy 
our  Semi- Fibrous  Envelope.  Those  that  are  pasted  are  worthless  ;  those  that  are  not  are  heavy  and 
durable,  but  too  thick  to  suit  a  man  of  a  nervous  temperament.  A  dealer t  only,  can  tell  the  pasted, 
from  the  impasted.      We  never  sell  the  pasted  at  all. 

Anti-Conception  Caps  and  Rubber  Condoms.— These  are  much  like  the  French 
Male  Safe,  except  that  they  are  made  of  vulcanized  rubber.  The  Caps  much  resemble  the  Noose  in 
its  shape,  but  it  has  a  much  smaller  sack,  and  is  highly  vulcanized. 

The  Womb  Guard  consists  of  an  India  rubber  contrivance  which  the  female  adjusts,  before 
connection,  in  the  vagina,  and  which  spreads  a  thin  tissue  in  front  of  the  mouth  of  the  womb,  so  as 
to  prevent  the  contact  of  the  male  semen.  Its  principal  advantage  is  that  it  is  entirely  imperceptible 
to  either  party,  and  it  is  beyond  any  question  safe,  and  a  sure  preventive.  It  is  the  main  resort  for 
those  wives  who  object,  contrary  to  the  wishes  of  the  husband,  to  having  offspring,  as  they  can  wear 
it  in  the  female  organ  without  the  knowledge  of  the  husband,  and  is  a  successful  and  economical 
thing,  as  it  never  wears  out  or  has  anything  to  get  out  of  order. 

Envelope  Powders  are  used  to  preserve  and  sprinkle  the  inside  of  Condoms,  Caps,  Safes 
and  Envelopes,  and  that  they  may  easily  slide  to  their  place.  They  are  a  good  and  profitable  invest- 
ment, as  a  paper  will  last  a  life-time. 


PRICE  CURRENT. — The  Printed  Instructions,  by  the  Authoress,  revised,  enlarged,  and. 
complete,  Four  Dollars.  We  send  them  prepaid  by  mail — or  by  express — carefully  enclosed  under  seal 
from  observation.  We  send  the  Printed  Instructions  and  a  half  dozen  package  of  semi-fibrous  envel- 
opes, put  up  in  one  package  for  $6.50,  or  the  Printed  Instructions  and  a  dozen  package  of  semi- 
fibrous  envelopes  for  $8.00.  (For  description  and  contents  of  the  Printed  Instructions,  see  pages  4  and  5, 
and  for  the  reason  that  many  order  both  envelopes  and  Printed  Instructions  at  the  same  time,  see 
"A  Question  Answered,"  page  6. 

The  Womb  Guard  is  five  dollars.  It  and  the  Printed  Instructions  put  up  in  one  package,  $8.00. 
One  advantage  of  this  guard  is  that  the  male  need  know  nothing  of  its  presence  at  all,  as  it  can 
not  be  felt  by  the  male  organ.  For  its  description,  and  of  all  the  following  goods,  see  page  6. 
Envelope  Powders,  are  50  cents,  and  nine  cents  postage — per  package,  which  will  last  a  life-time.  Our 
Envelopes,  Safes,  Caps  and  Condoms,  are  put  up  in  the  following  sized  Packages,  at  the  following  prices  : 

Semi-Fibrous  Envelope— One  dozen  package,  $5.00.  Half  dozen  package,  $3.00.  Noose  Envelope— One 
dozen  package,  $4.50.  Half  dozen  package  $2.50.  French  Male  Safe,  made  from  gold-beaters'  skin, 
One  dozen  package,  $4.50.  Half  dozen  package  $2.50.  And  French  Male  Safe,  made  from  the  most 
delicate  and  finest  of  Goat  intestine— One  dozen  package,  $4.00.  Half  dozen  package,  $2.25.  _  Goat 
skin  and  Bladder  Condoms,  the  very  best,  in  one  dozen  packages,  $3.50  per  package.  This^  article  is  not 
pasted,  and  for  economy  can  not  be  excelled,  as  they  never  wear  out  in  any  reasonable  time.  For  $7 
the  dozen  package  and  "Printed  Instructions"  will  be  sent.  India  Rubber  Condoms—  the  best,  heavy, 
highly  vulcanized  and  strong,  with  rings,  in  dozen  packages,  $3.50  per  package.  And  India  Rubber 
Condoms,  a  common  article,  such  as  is  found  most  anywhere — One  dozen  package,  $3.00.  Half  dozen 
package  $2.00.  Anti-Conception  Caps— rubber,  highly  vulcanized  and  with  solid  rings,  in  one  dozen 
packages  $3.50.  This  is  a  superb  article  of  right  practical  use.  An  inferior  or  common  article  is 
put  up  in  dozen  and  half  dozen  packages,  worth  about  $2.50  and  $1.75,  but  we  will  not  keep  such  a 
quality  of  them. 

n  All  Should  Read  This.— Those  ordering  Envelopes,  Safes,  Condoms,  or  Caps,  who  enclose 
five  cents  extra,  (together  with  the  three  cent  stamp  which  should  be  enclosed  in  all  kinds  of  letters  and 
orders  whatsoever),  will  receive,  with  their  goods,  a  Guide,  containing  valuable  knowledge  in  the  proper 


) 

7 

and  economical  use,  utility,  and  enjoyment  of  these  goods.  And  to  those  enclosing  another  extra  five 
cents,  (with  the  stamp),  the  Authoress  will  send,  with  the  Guide,  her  Epitome  for  Married  Ladies. 
The  above  Guide  and  Epitome  are  sold  only  to  those  who  order  them  with  their  goods. 

Sample  Package. — To  those  desiring  Samples  of  the  above  different  goods,  we  will  send  for  sample  a 
li  Sample  package,"  which  contains :  1  Scmi-hbrous  and  1  Noose-Envelcpc  ;  1  Gold-Beater's  skin  and  1 
fine  Goat-Intestine,  French  male  safe  ;  1  Goat  skin  Condom  ;  1  best  and  1  common  India  Rubber 
Condom,  and  1  Anti-Conception  Cap,  best— being  8  in  all — for  $3.00,  which  is  their  aggregate  cost  per 
half  dozen.  For  $0.50  we  will  send  in  one  package  the  package  of  8  samples  and  the  Printed  In- 
structions. The  samples  will  all  be  serviceable  to  any  couple,  giving  them  an  opportunity  to  judge 
and  make  selections  after  their  own  habits  and  taste. 

Our  Prices. — Are  for  the  be:$t  goods.  We  will  sell  no  cheap  and  inferior  goods,  such  as  are 
advertised  in  papers  and  flood  many  stores  throughout  our  towns,  which  are  almost  worthless  and  often 
sold  for  a  song.  Those  who  buy  such  miserable  goods  are  very  extravagant  and  imprudent.  "  Bug  the 
Best,"  and  do  not  throw  away  your  money  for  poor  goods  that  cost  money,  but  render  no  service.  The 
use  of  these  goods  is  not  at  ail  injurious  to  either  sex,  and  those  who  have  used  other  goods,  but  de- 
sire* to  test  these,  can  now  be  accommodated  under  the  above  sample  arrangement,  by  which  they  can 
judge  and  decide  for  themselves. 

These  Envelopes,  Safes,  Caps  and  Condoms,  occupy  so  little  room,  and  are  put  up 
in  such  a  form,  that  a  dozen  cannot  be  detected  in  an  ordinary  letter,  and  we  send  them  prepaid 
through  the  mail,  or  by  express,  in  such  a  disguised  manner  that  no  one  can  detect  or  suppose  the 
Contents  of  the  letter  or  package.  This  is  to  our  interest,  as  our  patrons  wish  no  one  to  be  able  to 
detect  or  understand  its  nature.  The  "Printed  Instructions"  are  also  pre-paid  and  carefully  sealed, 
as  are  all  letters,  and  ingeniously  disguised.  Those  desiring  the  "Instructions"  or  goods  will  notice 
the  following  directions  as  to  the  modes  of  sending  goods,  of  payment  for  them,  and  other  useful 
hints  and  suggestions. 

DIRECTIONS.— All  who  are  about  to  write  us  should  note  the  following  re- 
marks :  Always  address  us  to  our  Branch  Office  thus  :  Mmes.  BEACH,  PUTNEY  &  Co.,  Branch  Office, 
D.  Astor  Place,  New  York  City.  Always  address  your  letters  in  that  way,  enclosing  in  all  letters,  of 
whatsoever  nature,  a  postage  stamp  for  reply.  If  you  send  money,  let  it  be  either  in  greenbacks  (so  called)-, 
or  in  bills  on  banks  in  Eastern  States.  If  you  send  a  draft,  let  it  be  on  this  or  some  eastern  city.  If  you 
do  not  send  money  or  a  draft,  or  a  money  order  on  our  New  York  Postmaster,  but  desire  your  goods  sent 
by  Express,  and  you  pay  for  them  when  you  receive  them,  then  be  sure  to  state  what  Express  Company 
runs  to  or  nearest  to  your  place.  In  all  cases  give  your  name,  post  office,  county  and  State,  |Jj|P  and  never  order 
your  letters  to  be  addressed  to  a  fictitious  name  or  initials,  as  the  new  Post-office  law  sends  all  such  letters  to 
the  Dead-Letter  office  at  once.  J^fjj  We  adopt  four  different  ways  in  sending  "  Printed  Instructions  "  and 
goods,  leaving  it  to  the  purchaser  to  decide  which  mode  will  be  adopted. 

1st  Mode  is  t>y  Express,  C.  O.  D. — This  is  the  most  popular  way  with  our  patrons  in  ob- 
taining their  goods,  as  they  do  not  have  to  send  any  money  through  the  mails,  and  do  not  pay  for  the 
goods  until  they  are  received.  They  are  so  shipped  that  the  Express  agent  where  the  goods  are  received 
knows  nothing  of  the  nature  of  the  package,  as  our  firm  name  of  "Mmes.  Beach,  Putney  &  Co."  is  not 
used,  and  they  come  direct,  and  usually  sooner,  than  through  the  mail.  The  purchaser  is  protected 
throughout,  as  he  does  not  part  with  a  cent  until  his  goods,  in  good  order,  are  received  by  him.  Any  one, 
ordering  six  dollars  or  more,  can  have  their  pack..,w  Bent  to  them  in-thb  manner,  and  nothing  can  be 
safer,  quicker,  and  in  fact  more  private  and  secret.  It  has  become  established  as  a  good,  practical  mode, 
and  we  cannot  object  to  any  way  that  promotes  the  interests  and  entire  satisfaction  of  our  patrons. 
Persons  who  have  no  express  office  in  the  place  where  they  reside,  can  have  the  goods  sent  to  their  nearest 
express  office.  They  should  send  in  their  letter  the  name  cf  the  express  company,  the  place  where  the 
package  is  to  be  sent,  and  also  their  post-office  address,  and  a  stamp  for  reply.  ALL  letters  ordering  goods 
C.  0.  D.  should  contain  a  stamp,  the  name  of  the  express  office  where  the  package  is  to  be  directed,  as 
well  as  their  post-office  address,  that  we  may  notify  them  when  the  goods  are  shipped.  [Read  " Borrowed 
Trouble ' '  clear  through,  page  8.] 

2-d  Mode  is  t>y  Mail,  and  is  a  safe  and  convenient  way  for  receiving  ' '  Instructions ' '  and 
goods.  All  those  packages  sent  through  the  mails  are  from  orders  accompanied  by  the  money  or  draft, 
and  ordered  to  be  sent  by  mail.  They  are  carefully  packed  and  disguised,  so  that  no  postmaster  can  sus- 
pect the  nature  of  the  contents,  or  that  the  envelope  contains  anything  other  than  an  ordinary  letter. 
One  dozen  of  our  semi-fibrous  envelopes,  or  other  goods,  occupies  so  little  room,  and  are  so  placed  and 
sealed  in  the  letter,  that  they  are  wholly  unnoticeable,  even  by  the  most  meddlesome  observer.  We  have 
every  confidence  in  the  mails  as  a  safe  medium  of  transportation,  either  of  goods  or  monied  letters,  and  the 
important  thing  is  to  plainly  and  correctly  direct  the  letter.  This  done,  there  need  be  no  further  concern. 
Those  desiring  their  goods  sent  by  mail,  should  enclose  in  their  letter,  to  the  amount  ordered,  either  a 
draft  or  a  money  order  on  our  New  York  postmaster.  If  neither  of  these  are  convenient,  then  they 
should  enclose  in  their  letter  greenbacks  (so  called)  or  current  funds  on  Eastern  Banks,  and  if  they  send 
money  instead  of  draft  or  money  orders,  we  would  prefer  that  they  get  their  letters  registered,  although 
we  leave  it  optional  with  the  sender.  [Read  "  Borrowed  Trouble  "  page  8.]  The  letter  should  also  contain 
postage  for  reply,  giving  in  a  distinct  handwriting  your  full  Name,  Post-Office,  County  and  State,  and 
also,  if  to  be  sent  by  express,  the  name  of  your  express  company. 

3d  Mode  is  through  a  third  Person. — This  mode  is  principally  for  those  residing  too 
far  from  any  express  office  to  get  their  goods  by  express,  but  who  desire  the  same  advantages  through 
the  mails  as  by  express.  This  mode  and  advantage  may  be  had  by  those  desiring  it,  by  their  ordering 
a  package  worth  $6  or  upwards,  and  by  making  the  necessary  arrangements  with  their  postmaster.  First, 
see  your  postmaster,  state  to  him  that  you  are  ordering  a  package  of  goods  that  will  come  by  mail  in  his 
care  for  you,  and  that  when  it  comes  your  are  to  pay  to  him  its  cost,  and  he  is  to  deliver  the  package  to 
you  upon  your  payment  of  the  money  to  him.  Then,  second,  write  to  us,  ordering  the  goods  you  desire, 
giving  us  your  name  and  address,  together  with  the  postmaster's  name  and  post-office,  whereupon  we  will 
send  your  package,  tightly  sealed  and  disguised,  to  the  postmaster  for  you  ;  and  upon  your  calling  at  the 
post-office  and  paying  the  cost  of  tfie  package,  he  will  deliver  it  to  you  and  send  to  us  our  money.  The 
postmaster  need  not  know  the  contents  or  nature  of  the  package ,  and  will  not  unless  you  divulge  it  to 
him.  It  can  be  transacted  with  as  much  secrecy  as  if  by  express.  This  class  of  people  are  deprived  the 
use  of  a  railroad  and  express  office,  and  when  any  of  them  desire  packages,  and  prefer  to  make  payment 
upon  receiving  them,  they  are,  by  this  mode,  put  upon  equal  footing  with  those  who  can  order  their  pack- 
ages by  express.    [Read  ''Borrowed  Trouble,"  page  8.] 

4th  Mode  is  oy  Private  Carrier  to  our  patrons  in  New  York,  Brooklyn  and  Jersey  City. 

And  Lastly,  we  are  Often  asked  to  give  our  opinion  as  to  which  of  the  above  modes  is 
best  adapted  to  the  interest  of  the  customer  ;  and  in  reply  we  would  say,  that  any  one  of  them  is  good  and 
safe,  and  that,  if  there  be  any  difference  in  them,  it  is,  that  by  express  nothing  can  be  safer,  quicker,  and 
in  fact  more  private  and  secret.    The  great  majority  of  goods  are  ordered  by  our  Datrons  to  be  sent  by  ex- 

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press,  as  we  ship  all  packages  of  $6  or  upwards  by  express,  if  desired,  and  in  such  way  by  C.  0.  D.  that  the 
express  agent,  where  the  goods  are  received,  knows  nothing  of  the  nature  of  the  package  whatever  ;  and 
the  person  ordering  the  goods  does  not  pay  away  his  money  until  he  receives  them.  In  this  way  our 
patrons  can  never  find  fault  with  us  or  any  one,  and  they  have  the  use  of  their  funds  until  the  goods 
arrive.  It  is  our  aim  to  please,  and  to  this  end  we  spare  no  pains.  We  adopt  every  means  possible  to  have 
our  patrons  well  satisfied,  for  if  they  are,  they  seldom  fail  to  send  us  the  names  of  their  friends,  or  to  circu- 
late the  circulars  we  send  them  with  their  goods,  among  their  friends.  Now.  this  feeling  in  us  to  satisfy 
all.  often  prompts  us  to  a  disposition  to  give  advice  as  regards  the  best  modes  of  ordering  goods;  and 
were  we  to,  we  should,  from  our  experience  in  the  business,  advise  all  to  order  their  goods  to  be  sent  by 
express,  C.  0.  D.,  wherever  they  are  near  or  within  stage  or  sending  distance  of  an  express  office,  where 
they  could  go  or  send  and  get  the  package.  In  this  way  you  pay  for  the  goods  when  they  come,  and  you 
have  a  supply  and  variety  that  will  add  vastly  more  happiness  and  comfort  to  your  marriage  relations, 
then  the  same  money  could,  invested  in  any  other  way.  The  marriage  relation  is  designed  to  promote 
happiness  and  love,  and  they  are  but  robbing  themselves,  who  are  too  close  with  their  money  in  the 
exercise  of  these  means  of  enjoyment,  which  so  sweetly  compensate  the  true  and  the  virtuous.  All,  in 
buying  our  goods,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  attached  testimonials,  rejoice  on  the  acquisition,  and  only  wish 
that  they  did  not  sooner  come  across  our  circular  ;  and  no  couple  will  ever  regret  an  investment  made  in 
our  "  Printed  Instructions"  and  envelopes.  [See  "  A  Question  Answered,"  page  6  Also  read  the  following* 
— ' 1  Borrowed  Trouble. ' ' 

u  Borrowed  Trouble."— Having  been  in  this  business  for  so  many  years,  Ave  have  from 
time  to  time  met  with  all  sorts  of  persons,  of  various  characters  and  dispositions,  and  amongst  those 
most  to  be  pitied  is  that  class  of  timid  persons  who  make  themselves  unnecessary  trouble  by  "  borrowing 
trouble."  We  have  known  these  persons  to  go  twelve  miles  to  mail  a  letter,  and  then  twelve  mile's 
again  to  the  same  post-office  to  get  their  goods,  for  fear  their  own  postmaster  would  mistrust  what 
they  were  about,  when,  in  fact,  the  postmaster  had  never  heard  of  us,  as  we,  for  the  benefit  of  our 
patrons,  never  send  our  circidars  to  them,  and  always  endeavor  not  to  disclose  to  them  our  business. 
We  have  known  patrons  to  have  their  goods  sent  to  some  other  express  office  in  preference  to  their 
own,  fearing  lest  the  express  agent  at  their  place  might  know  what  sort  of  merchandise  they  are  re- 
ceiving. There  are,  in  a  vast  metropolis  like  this,  very  many  names  very  similar  to  ours— some  in 
dry  goods,  some  hardware,  and  others,  importers  of  various  kinds,  and  your  postmaster  or  express 
agent  would,  in  ninety-nine  cases  out  of  a  hundred,  pay  no  more  attention  to  your  package  than 
his  usual  duty  in  delivering  it  to  you — and  had  he  patronized  us  or  read  our  circular  it  is  none  of 
his  business.  If  he  made  it  his  business  to  remark  or  in  any  wise  notice  it,  he  would  simply  prove 
himself  unworthy  his  position  or  of  your  respc  f .  The  fact  is,  the  fault  rests  upon  the  receiver  and  not  the 
officer,  and  it  is  wrrong  to  conclude  that  a  postmaster  is  prying  into  his  neighbors'  correspondence. 
From  our  experience  we  fully  believe  that  there  is  no  occasion  at  all  for  patronizing  neighboring  offi- 
ces, and  that  the  way  to  do,  in  all  cases,  is  to  go  like  a  man  about  what  you  want  to  do,  and  do  it. 
Were  you  ordering  from  us  a  box  of  perfumery,  or  some  household  drug,  your  only  fear  would  be  that 
your  postmaster  and  neighbor  would  not  know  of  your  indulgence  in  New  York  luxuries.  Certainly 
nothing  is  more  "borrowed"  than  fearing  the  express  agent,  a"s  he  has  no  means  whatever  of  knowing 
anything  of  the  contents  of  the  package,  or  where  it  is  from.  We  allow  nothing  to  appear  betraying  its 
'iny'ut  or  mission,  nor  do  we  employ  our  names  of  Mines.  Beach.  Putney  &  Co.  in  the  transaction, 
and  if  your  express  agent  there  is  acquainted  with  us,  he  has  no  right  to  conclude  your  package  is 
from  our  house,  and  if  the  whole  community  knew  of  the  transaction,  no  censure  follows  at  all. 
since  these  goods  are  as  necessary  and  proper  as  the  use  of  an  undershirt  or  chemise.  It  is  ab- 
solutely incorrect  to  be  fearful  over  that  which  is  necessary,  and  which  is  universally  enjoyed  by  all 
those  up  with  the  times,  and,  fearfid  or  not,  "  no  one  will  know  unless  you  tell  of  it  yourself."  The 
new  post-office  law  forbids  the  delivery  of  letters  to  fictitious  names  or  initials :  therefore,  if  you  want 
to  receive  your  letters,  use  your  own  name,  and  we  will  send  to  you  by  mail,  or  as  ordered,  your  goods, 
so  disguised  that  no  postmaster  or  express  agent  will  see  anything  unusual.  Our  goods  can  be  sent 
in  an  ordinary  letter,  or  in  a  little  box  by  express  ;  and  if  some  of  our  timid  and  inexperienced  patrons 
knew  more  of  these  things,  and  of  the  rules  and  customs  of  post  and  express  offices,  they  would  bor- 
row less  trouble,  and  realize  vastly  more  of  real  connubial  bliss!  [Read  "And  lastly,  we  are  often  asked," 
page  7,  and  also  the  following  :  ] 

Safety,  Privacy,  and  within  the  reach  of  all. — You  can  procure  it,  and  the  per- 
son who  gives  it  to  you  can  know  no  more  what  you  get  it  for,  or  to  whom  you  are  going  to  send 
it,  than  he  can  know  which  boot  you  will  remove  first  when  you  come  to  retire  at  night.  Country 
merchants  most  usually  keep  an  account  with  the  men  of  whom  they  buy  their  goods  in  New  York, 
and  can  furnish  you  with  one.  We  refer  to  a  check  or  draft  on  some  person,  house  or  bank  in  New 
York,  which  can  always  be  got  at  a  bank  or  brokers,  and  most  merchants  are  able  to  draw  one  o~\ 
some  merchant  or  bank  here  for  you.  If  you  want  your  goods  sent  by  mail,  by  procuring  a  chec\ 
or  draft  you  can  send  it  to  us  instead  of  money,  and  the  person  who  gives  you  the  draft  or  checb. 
don't  know  to  whom  you  are  going  to  indorse  it.  If  you  should  mis-direct  your  letter — or  if  it 
should  get  burned  up,  lost  or  stolen,  you  have  lost  nothing  at  all,  as  you  could  get  a  duplicate  chec:: 
or  draft,  and  send  again,  and  a  finder  or  thief  could  not  collect  it,  as  the  person  on  whom  it  i  i 
drawn  can  legally  pay  it  only  to  us,  to  whom  you  would  endorse  it  before  enclosing  it  in  a  lettei. 
This  is  the  way  to  do:  Go  to  a  merchant,  broker  or  banker,  and  say,  "I  want  a  check  or  draft 
on  some  man,  house  or  bank,  in  New  York,  Philadelphia  or  Boston,  for  $ — ."  When  he  goes  to  write 
it  for  you  he  will  say,  "to  whose  order  shall  I  make  it  payable  or  to  whom  are  you  going  to  send  it  \ 
In  reply  just  say,  "  J  want  it  payable  to  my  order."  He  will  then  draw  it  payable  to  your  order.  After 
getting  it,  go,  and,  before  putting  it  in  the  letter  to  send  to  us.  just  write  on  the  back  of  it,  "  Pay 
to  the  order  of  Beach,  Putney  &  Co."  and  sign  your  name  to  it  In  this  way  the  person  who  sells 
you  the  check  or  draft  knows  nothing  of  your  business  and  there  is  no  chance  in  the  world  of  the  amount 
being  lost  by  any  accident,  or  theft.  It  is  as  safe  as  if  you  were  to  come  here  and  hand  the  money 
to  us,  and  when  we  get  pay  on  it  you  have  the  evidence  of  the  person  or  bank  that  pays  us.  Jt 
protects  you — it  protects  us.  Its  cost  is  not  over  a  cent  on  the  dollar,  and  one  can  easily  procure  it 
— from  some  source — even  if  he  lives  in  remote  settlements.  If  you  can  not  procure  it,  nor  a  money 
order  on  our  N.  Y.  Postmaster,  then  send  money,  and  we  would  prefer  that  you  get  your  letter 
registered — but  we  leave  it  optional  with  you.  If  you  send  a  check  or  draft,  it  is  useless  to  get  the 
letter  registered.  But  if  you  send  neither  check,  draft  nor  money,  then  order  your  goods  sent  by 
express,  C.  0.  D.,  giving  your  express  office,  post-office,  and  enclosing  the  usual  postage  for  reply,  and 
you  can  pay  for  the  goods  when  they  come,  observing  that  our  smallest  packages  sent  by  express 
are  six  dollars  and  upwards  in  C.  0.  D.'s.     Read  "  Directions,"  page  7th. 

To  Correspondents. — %W  Persons  writing  to  us  may  do  so  in  the  utmost  confidence.  A  full  statement 
or  inquiry,  of  any  of  their  matters,  condition  of  their  health,  or  mishaps  in  life,  will  be  treated  in  the 
most  honorable  confidence.    These  matters  are  no  longer  of  that  delicate  nature  that  the  vulgar  and  in- 

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disposed  would  try  to  make  them,  and  a  woman  is  exceedingly  in  error  to  be  reluctant  in  frankly  stating 
her  condition,  if  she  be  ailing,  unhealthy  or  in  distress,  and  seeking  remedial  aid.  The  fullest  statement 
enables  us  to  correctly  judge  of  your  case,  and  we  think  less  of  that  correspondent  who  affects  to  be  delicate 
in  stating  the  full  and  true  cause  of  her  sufferings  or  desires. 

jfc"  A  Frequent  Inquiry  made.— We  sometimes  receive  letters  asking  if  we  are  still  in 
New  York  city,  saying  that  if  so,  they  desire  to  send  for  ' '  Instructions  "  or  goods,  &c.  Such  letters  will 
hereafter  be  answered  simply  by  enclosing  a  circular  to  the  inquirer.  Such  letters,  however,  are  unneces- 
sary, as  we  are  permanently  located  in  this  city,  and  constantly  attending  to  the  business.  We  take 
great  p ride  in  promptly  rilling  orders,  that  they  may  leave  the  city  in  the  next  returning  mail  without 
fail.  All  orders  reaching  the  city  in  the  morning  are  mailed  in  time  for  the  evening  mails  ;  and  those 
reaching  the  city  in  the  evening  mails  are  filled  and  mailed  the  following  morning.  All  letters  for  goods 
or  on  inquiry,  etc.,  should  contain  postage  for  reply.  All  correspondence  is  confidential,  and  the  greatest 
privacy  is  used  on  our  part  in  sending  letters  and  articles  to  patrons.  Address  all  communications  to  us, 
with  stamp,  to  our  branch  office,  thus  :      Mmbs.  BEACH,  PUTNEY"  &  CO., 

[Read  "  Directions,"  on  page  7,  ^  Brajmcii  Office,  D.  Astor  Place, 

clear  through.]  New  York  City. 

OUR     MEDICAL  PRACTICE, 

TESTIMONIALS,    AND    MATTERS    OF  REFERENCE. 

Experience  and  Practice. — Mmes.  Beach,  Putney  &  Co.,  New  York,  Physicians  and  Im- 
porters of  and  Dealers  in  French  Medicine  and  Conjugal  Goods  of  every  description,  have  been  established 
until  they  are  well  known.  They  have  given  repeated  testimonials  and  reference  to  the  superiority  and 
durability  of  their  Envelopes,  Safes,  Condoms,  and  Caps  ;  of  the  efficacy  and  great  value  to  every  married 
woman  of  their  "Printed  Instructions,"  and  of  their  skill  and  continued  success  in  treating  all  female 
complaints  and  weaknesses  of  every  nature,  and  of  permanently  restoring  and  curing  the  worst  cases  of 
the  Avaut  of  amative  vigor,  or  sexual  feeling,  in  the  female.  Their  great  experience  enables  them  to  excel  in 
all  these  branches  requiring  personal  experience,  combined  with  scientific  research,  and  their  competency 
in  treating  the  delicate  system  of  woman  cannot  be  rivalled.  Woman  is,  from  the  nature  of  her  slender 
organization,  subject  to  very  many  ills.  There  are  innumerable  wives,  to  whom  sexual  intercourse  is  not 
only  repulsive,  but  absolutely  offensive  and  painful,  and  consequently,  injurious  ;  and  it  is  of  the  utmost 
importance  to  their  health  and  happiness,  before  further  sexual  intercourse  be  had,  that  nature  be  as- 
sisted, and  that  their  generative  organs  be  relieved  of  this  morbid  state  of  inactivity,  which  so  benumbs  and 
chills,  and  which  is  the  principal  cause  of  this  want  of  proper  sexual  passion.  When  females  disregard 
these  ailments  and  inactive  condition  of  the  sexual  parts,  they  do  themselves  the  utmost  injury  and 
neglect;  for  the  evil  increases  and  breeds  all  the  various  forms  and  stages  of  "  female  complaints,"  so 
called,  and  which  comprise  every  depression  with  which  woman  can  be  burdened,  from  the  falling  of  the 
womh,  to  the  thousand  and  one  little  aches  and  pains,  as  the  whites,  painful  menstruation,  &c,  &c.  We 
warrant  and  effect  a  cure  of  all  cases  of  falling  of  the  womb,  painful  menstruation,  whites,  and  female 
weakness  of  every  nature,  and  restore  the  patient  to  a  healthy,  active,  and  vigorous  sexual  enjoyment  that 
promotes  her  health,  removes  the  paleness  from  her  face  and  gives  a  natural  flush  to  the  cheek,  and  power  to 
the  whole  system,  that  of  itself  relieves  her  from  th^  debility  and  complaints  arising  from  this  derange- 
ment of  the  sexual  organs.  All  correspondence  on  these  matters  maybe  addressed  to  us  in  the  fullest  and 
most  confidential  terms,  and  will  be  so  treated.  Parties  suffering  need  manifest  no  reluctance  in  fully 
dispossessing  themselves  of  the  nature  and  degree  of  their  complaints,  as  it  will  more  fully  enable  us  to 
comprehend  their  wants  and  the  requisites  of  their  case. 

To  whom  Reference  may  De  made.— We  are  well  known  in  New  York,  and  those 
who  desire  further  information  concerning  us,  may  consult  either  the  Department,  any  of  the  leading  New 
York  Drug  Houses,  or  the  principal  Express  Companies  here  running  out  of  New  York.  We  have  been 
established  many  years,  and  are  known,  by  many  of  these  establishments,  to  be  prompt,  thorough  and 
reliable  in  all  departments  of  our  business.  Through  the  Department  we  are  known  in  prompt  transac- 
tions by  mail ;  among  heavy  Drug  Houses  we  are  known  in  the  amount  of  goods  we  handle  ;  and  with 
the  Express  Companies  here  we  are  recognized  as  heavy  shippers,  and  thorough  and  reliable  in  our  en- 
gagements. While  we  are  thus  known  to  the  express  companies  in  New  York,  where  we  daily  transact 
our  shipping  business,  their  agents  out  of  New  York,  along  the  lines  of  the  multitudinous  railroads, 
have  no  such  knowledge  of  the  nature  of  our  business,  or  goods  shipped  by  us,  to  enable  them  to  know  or 
even  suspect  the  character  of  our  calling  or  contents  of  our  packages,  so  that  our  patrons  may  be  confi- 
dent of  the  utmost  secrecy  in  obtaining  their  packages  by  express  throughout  the  United  States  and 
Canadas.  Those  also,  desiring  references  from  our  patrons  concerning  us  and  our  skill  and  medical  treat- 
ment, "  Printed  Instructions"  and  goods,  may  review  the  following  letters,  which  bear  disinterested  testi- 
mony. 

glT*  Letters  Testimonial. — We  have  not  room  to  publish  a  long  array  of  letters.  We  receive 
them  daily,  bearing  unmistakable  marks  of  gratitude  and  expression  of  thanks.  Never,  at  any  time, 
have  we  called  on  any  person  to  write  for  us  a  letter  expressing  their  sense  of  the  superior  value  of  our 
goods,  or  the  skill  displayed  in  our  treatment  of  cases.  A  testimonial  that  is  not  voluntarily  put  forth, 
without  solicitations,  as  the  natural  response  from  a  grateful  heart  that  has  received  invaluable  treatment 
and  cure,  or  relief  from  an  exhausting  and  over-increasing  of  family,  is  a  poor  testimonial.  We  would 
rather  have,  as  a  testimonial,  the  casual  but  sincere  letter  of  one  raised  from  pain  and  weakness  to  vigor 
and  new  strength,  even  if  it  be  disjointed  and  of  one  line  only,  than  a  long  ceremonious  letter,  expressing 
in  logical  emphasis,  one's  skill  and  scientific  success.  We  ask  no  one  to  write  us  letters  bearing  testimonials 
of  regard  and  gratitude  ;  but  when  patients  do,  we  are  justified  in  using  such  as  we  may  select  for  our  cir- 
cular, but,  of  course,  omitting  the  full  name  of  the  writer,  as  it  would  be  deemed  almost  an  outrage  to 
give  the  name  in  full ;  it  would  be  a  breach  of  faith  on  our  part.  We  subjoin  a  few  letters  from  the 
great  number  wre  are  constantly  receiving,  and  would  gladly  give  more,  could  we  spare  the  space.  But  we 
must  confine  our  circular  within  the  weight  of  a  three  cent  postage  stamp.  But  one  testimonial  of  each 
kind  is  as  good  as  a  long  repetition  : 

Springfield,  111.,  January  3. — I  received  the  package  containing  your  "Printed  Instructions,"  and  am  well  pleased 

with  them.    Enclosed  is  four  dollars  more  and  postage,  for  another  full  set  for  my  sister,  which  direct  to  Mrs.  A  , 

C.  <t.  Auburn,  Sangamon  County,  Illinois.  I  will  also  comply  with  your  request  to  send  you  a  few  names  of  my 
friends.  [Here  are  enumerated  the  names  of  four  persons.]  You  will  please  direct  as  before,  carefully  sealed,  to  Mrs. 
C  A."  G  a  receipt  for  the  above.     Yours,  &c. 

We  could  produce  an  almost  endless  number  of  letters,  similar  to  the  above,  which  we  have  received. 

(  incinnati,  November  9.— Please  find  enclosed  $5.00  for  one  dozen  of  your  best  goods,  (semi-fibrous),  and  50  cents 
and  the  postage,  for  one  box  Envelope  Powders.    I  have  a  curiosity  to  try  them,  since  they  are  so  well  recommended, 

an  1  as  T  am  highly  pleased  with  the  "  Instructions, "  which  I  received  last  week.    Yours  truly,  Mr.  ,  with  Adam* 

tbjpress  Company,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.     See  "A  Question  Answered,"  page  6. 

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Cobleskill,  N.  Y.,  May  31.— Please  send  a  circular  to  Mrs.  A   A  ,  Lawyersville.  Schoharie  County,  N.  Y.,  who 

was  married  last  night.  Your  "  Printed  Instructions"  are  invaluablo.  Please  send  immediately.  Respectfully  yours, 
J.  N.  F  .     P.  S.— Should  you  change  your  city  address,  please  inform  me. 

Lansing,  December  3.— Finding  your  Condom3  to  be  as  good  as  they  were  recommended  to  be,  and  being  well  satis- 
fied in  using  them,  I  will  now  order  a  larger  quantity  than  I  did  before,  and  will  be  very  much  obliged  if  you  will 
send  me,  of  your  best  quality,  one  dozen  of  rubber  and  ona  dozen  of  goat  skin.     Send  by  express,  C.  O.  D.,  to  Mrs. 

M   K  ,  Lansing,  Alamakee  County,  Iowa,  and  oblige,  yours,  &c.    Please  send  your  Circular  to— (here  are 

enumerated  5  names.] 

Lynn,  Mass.,  November  19.— I  will  now  tell  you  about  your  "Printed  Instructions"  you  sent  me  to  restore  in  me 
the  monthly  period.  I  received  it  September  20th,  through  Pratt  <fc  Babb's  Express  Company,  of  Lynn.  I  immediately 
commenced  following  your  directions,  and  in  about  six  days  my  courses  began.  My  case  has  stood  for  so  many  months, 
that  I  had  no  faith  in  anything  ;  but  I  am  glad  to  say  that  you  have  done  me  a  great  blessing,  for  I  could  not,  as  my  doctor 
said  to  me  long  since,  ever  live  through  another  case  of  child-birth.  I  meant  to  have  written  you  before,  but  have  p\it  it  off, 
but  now  I  want  you  to  send  me  five  dollars'  worth  of  your  Envelopes  or  Condoms,  that  you  deem  the  best.  I  enclose  the 
money  and  postage,  and  hope  to  get  them  by  next  Friday  or  Saturday.  I  am,  and  ever  shall  be,  a  warm  and  grateful  friend 
to  you.  Respectfully,  Mrs.  W  G  . 

Keene,  N.  H.,  August  22.— Enclosed  find  draft  for  the  balance  due  you  in  treating  my  wife.  She  is  fully  restored,  and  has 
now  a  natural  and  firm  passion.  She  stiil  continues  the  wash,  but  I  suppose  it  unnecessary.  We  are  much  obliged  to  your 
firm  for  your  unremitting  care  in  treating  her  case,  and  I  believe  no  further  prescription  is  necessary.  Her  health  is  better, 
and  she  seems  to  be  gaining  in  flesh.  I  can't  but  feel  that  it  is  a  new  era  in  her  existence,  and  that  no  woman  is  well,  who 
is  destitute  of  natural  and  positive  sexual  passions,  and  a  capability  for  their  enjoyment.  You  will  please  6end  me  a  receipt 
for  the  above  and  previous  amounts,  and  also  a  dozen  of  your  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes,  with  Powders,  Guide,  and  what  oth- 
er little  things  you  may  judge  would  be  handy  and  useful.  Send  them  by  Express,  with  your  bill,  and  I  will  remit  on  re- 
ceipt of  the  same.    Respectfully  yours,  G.  W.  P. 

Mmes. — Enclosed  find  $5.50  and  nine  cents,  for  one  dozen  more  of  your  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes,  and  one  box  Envelope 
Powders.  Send  me  a  larger  size  than  the  other.  I  believe  I  like  these  goods  better  than  the  Condoms,  as  they  are  not  so 
tangible,  and  last  very  much  longer,  and  more  than  make  up  half  the  difference  in  the  price.  My  wife  feels  wholly  cured  under 
your  treatment  of  her.  She  is  no  longer  troubled  with the  painstnher  back  and 'aide,  andthepainful  menstruaton  is  wholly  cured.  She 
has  a  bright  flush  in  her  cheek,  and  is  a  new  woman.  She  has  an  arduous  passion,  and  no  longer  that  depressed  feeling  and  bea,ring 
down  on  the  sexual  organs,  that  rendered  her  so  inactive  and  passionless.    Her  spirits  are  light,  and  both  of  us  are  grateful  to  you 

for  the  good  you  have  done  her.      Please  send  your  Circular  to  Mrs.  W.  E.  C  ,  No.  —  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  111.  Send 

us  your  very  best  goods.    Truly  yours,  &c.    Direct  to  Rev.  H.  C.  B  ,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Sept,  30,  18G6. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Sunday,  May  20th,  1866. — Dear  Madame. — A  week  ago,  last  Thursday,  I  received  by  express,  C.  O.  D.,  the 
package  of  "  Printed  Instructions  "  and  Semi-fibrous  Envelopes,  &c.  We  are  not  only  pleased,  but  feel  very  gratclul  to  you 
that  you  are  engaged  in  such  a  good  work,  and  that  we  chanced  to  get  one  of  your  Circulars  and  thus  find  you  out.  The  In- 
structions meet  our  every  expectation,  and  the  Envelopes  are  so  delightful  that  I  can't  express  my  gratitude  in  having  them. 
I  did  not  know  at  all  of  such  things,  until  we  received,  through  the  agency  of  some  kind  friend,  your  circular.  We  will  do 
all  we  can  for  you,  and  hope  you  will  prosper  in  the  truest  sense  of  the  word.    I  enclose  a  list  of  names  that  I  want  you  to 

send  your  circular  to.  By  so  doing  you  will  confer  a  two-fold  blessing.  Gratefully  and  sincerely  yours,  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  C  , 

No.  —  Delaware  street.  [In  tnis  letter  was  enclosed  a  list  of  nineteen  names  of  persons,  residing  at  various  localities,  in 
this  and  other  States].    [See  "  A  Question  Answered."  page  6]. 

No.  —  Heath  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  16,  1866. — My  husband  sent  and  got  your  "Printed  Instructions  "  about 
two  years  ago.  We  have  used  tnem  all  the  time,  and  I  have  had  no  trouble  in  keeping  free  from  becoming  pregnant.  He 
has  three  children  by  his  first  wife,  and  we  do  not  want  any  addition  to  their  number.  For  some  time  I  have  been  wanting 
I  >  try  some  of  your  Envelopes,  and  I  will  take  one  dozen  Semi-fibrous,  and  paper  of  Envelope  Powders,  and  send  them  to 
me.  Direct  to  No.  —  Heath  street,  west  of  13th,  below  Girard  Avenue.  Send  C.  O.  D.,  by  any  express  most  convenient  to  you. 

Mrs.  .    [The  husband  of  the  lady  who  wrote  the  abovo  is  in  a  book  store  in  Chestnut  street,  conducted  by 

T.  B.  P  &  Bros. 

Roxbury,  Mass.,  March  26th,  1866,  corner  Gay  and  Washington  streets.— Madame,  I  received  your  "  Printed  Instructions" 
safely,  and  am  perfectly  satisfied  with  them.    I  think  I  need  nothing  else  at  present.    M.  B.  P.  M  . 

Salineviile,  Ohio,  March  8th,  1866. — Your  goods  of  the  2:-tf:.-  c;  express,  C.  O.  D.,  came  duly  to  hand,  and  am  well  pleased 
with  them.  Enclosed  find  $9.00,  for  which  please  forward  me  by  return  express  the  "  Printed  Instructions,"  one  dozen  Semi- 
fibrous  Envelopes,  one  Yarn,  Ring  and  Envelope  Powders.  Send  by  Union  Express  to  Salineviile,  Columbia  County,  Ohio. 
Please  also  forward  me  some  of  your  circulars  to  distribute  to  some  of  my  needy  friends.  I  am  acting  as  agent  now  for  oth- 
ers, so  you  will  hear  again  from  yours,  kc.  H.  P.  K.,  P.  O.  Box— Salineviile,  Columbia  County,  Ohio.  Send  to  the  following 
persons  your  circular.    [Here  are  three  names  given]. 

Leavenworth,  Kan.,  June,  1866. — Please  send  by  express  two  dozen  best  Semi-fibrous  Envelopes,  with  directions  for  taking 
care  of  them,  kc.  These  are  for  a  friend  to  whom  I  gave  one  of  your  circulars.  The  goods  I  ordered  on  the  16th  ult.  came 
duly  to  hand,  and  give  entire  satisfaction.  Send  this  order  by  U.  S.  Express  Co.,  C.  O.  D.,  to  the  same  address,  and  oblige 
yours,  &c,  J.  A.  S  ,  Jr.,  Weston,  Mo. 

Michigan  City,  Ind.,  July  12,  1866.— Dear  Madame— Enclosed  I  send  you  $5  for  one  dozen  of  Semi-fibrous  Envelopes, 
which  I  recognize  as  the  best  Envelopes.  You  recollect  that  I  ordered  all  the  samples,  and  I  have  used  them.  The  Semi- 
fibrous  Envelope  I  used  nearly  three  months  before  it  commenced  to  break.  I  wish  I  had  ordered  them  instead  of  the 
samples,  although  others  might  differ  in  opinion  with  me.  Therefore,  I  hope  you  will  send  me  of  the  best  goods  of  Semi- 
fibrous  Envelopes.    *    *    *    *    Address  Rev.  P.  S.,  Michigan  City,  Ind. 

Room  No.  — ,  Adjutant  General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C,  March  22,  1866. — Enclosed  find  two  and  fifty  one-hundredth 
dollars,  ($2.50),  for  winch  please  send  to  the  above  address  one  half  dozen  (G)  of  the  "French  Male  Safe."    I  consider  t.iem 

invaluable  as  regards  safety  and  economy.    Please  send  them  taiiy.    Very  respectfully,  kc,  C.  H.  C  ,  Room  — ,  A.  G.  O. 

Washington,  D.  G.    P.  S. — Please  send  circular  addressed  S.  E.  C  ,  Adjutant  General's  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Towlesville,  N.  Y.,  April  29,  1866.— Your  letter  of  23d  inst.  came  to  hand  last  evening.  *  *  *  *  *  As  to  those  goods, 
they  are  more  than  I  expected,  and  I  feel  well  satisfied.  Enclosed  you  will  find  $3.22,  which  please  accept,  together  wnn 
the  most  sincere  thanks  of  your  obedient  servant,  J.  C.  H  ,  Towlesville,  Steuben  County,  N.  Y. 

Lynn,  Mass.  July  23rd,  1866. — About  a  year  ago  I  had  occasion  to  apply  to  you  for  some  of  your  Envelopes,  and  they 
have  proved  of  very  great  sendee  to  us.   I  wish  to  replenish  oar  supply,  and  would  ask  you  to  send  by  Express,  C.  O.  D.,  to 

me,  1  doz.  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes  and  a  half  doz.  package  of  Noose  Envelopes.    Direct  them  in  care  of  my  husband,  

Esq.,  No.   Exchange  Building,  Market  St.,  Lynn.     You  may  send  your  circular  to    (Here  are  three  names  given.) 

Yours,  Mrs.  H.         J.         E.  . 

  Undertaker,  No.         William  St.,  New  Bedford,  Mass.  Aug.  23d,  1866.— You  will  please  send  by  mail,  properly 

disguised,  a  doz.  package  of  your  best  Envelopes,  which  I  believe  are  $5.00.    Enclosed,  find  the  money  and  direct  taem  to 

Mrs.  ,  No.  Elm  St.,  or  if  you  direct  them  to  me,  at  my  place  of  business,  please  make  them  private,    tiome  time 

ago  I  procured  "  Samples"  of  your  goods,  and  I  am  best  pleased  with  the  Semi-Fibrous.    I  am  yours,  . 

New  Bedford,  Mass.  March  26th.—  I  received  one  of  your  circulars  last  Fall,  and  sent  and  got  some  of  your  Envelopes. 
We  have  used  them  all  the  time  and  like  them  much.  We  thought  we  would  send  for  some  of  the  Noose  Envelopes  now, 
and  also  for  your  Printed  Instructions.  Send  Printed  Instructions  and  half  doz.  Noose  Envelopes  by  Express,  (Davenport, 
Mason  k  Co.'a  Express,)  C.  O.  D.,  and  I  will  pay  when  tney  come.  Direct  in  care  of  G.  L.  B.,  corner  of  3rd  and  Cannon 
streets,  to  yours  truly,  .  P.  S.— Send  a  circular  to  Mr.  ,  with  Allen  k  Bliss,  121  Union  St.,  New  Bedford.  See  "  A  Ques- 
tion Answered,"  page  6. 

Hartford,  Conn.  June  8th,  1866. — We  received,  a  month  or  so  ago,  the  package  you  sent,  containing  your  Printed  Instruc- 
tions and  samples  of  goods.  We  are  more  than  pleased,  and  our  gratitude  in  being  placed  in  possession  of  such  potent  means 
and  control  over  these  important  mattersr  leads  us  to  enclose  to  you  this  list  of  names  of  my  friends  residing  here  and 
elsewhere.    You  will,  of  course,  consider  it  a  confidential  matter,  and  observe  privacy;  and  if  you  will  send  to  me  some  of 

your  circulars,  I  will,  when  I  have  opportunity,  place  them  where  they  will  be  of  use  to  you.    Direct  them  to  me,  at  Mr.  , 

place  of  business,  No.  —  Commerce  Street.    Confidentially  yours,  Mrs.   .    [The  list  was  composed  of  17  names.  The 

writer  resides  in  Park  Street.] 

Hartford,  Conn.,  Feb.  23rd.— Send  to  Mrs.  ,  No.  —  Washington  Street,  1  doz.  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes,  paper  of  Enve- 
lope Powders,  Guide  and  Epitome,  for  which  find  enclosed  dralt  of  $5.60  and  postage.    1  desire  them  sent  by  mail. 

Your  Printed  Instructions,  purchased  by  us  some  time  since,  give  infinite  satisfaction.    I  am,  with  respect,  yours,  kc.   

[The  above  letter  is  from  an  Attorney  at  Law.]    See  "  A  Question  Answered,"  pac,e  6. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Sept.  3d.— Enclosed  find  $7.35,  which  you  say  is  all  that  we  owe  you.  We  supposed  it  would  be  more, 
L._id  believe  us  to  be  not  only  grateful,  but  your  aclioe  friends.  We  have  sent  off  all  the  circulars  you  sent  us  with  the 
medicines  and  goods,  and  if  you  will  send  us  more  we  will  send  them  to  those  who  would  no  doubt  be  benefited  by  them. 
"  \al  so  well  that  I  am  happy  beyond  expression,  and  1  do  v^sli  you  would  advertise  in  papers,  and  in  this  way  you  would 
Nae  suffering  world  good  by  acquainting  them  with  you  and  your  business.    I  can't  forget  the  help  you  have  done  me 

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In  restoring  mc,  and  as  far  as  we  have  used  your  "Printed  Instructions"  they  fulfill  our  highest  expectations.  Mosy: 
gratefully  yours,   . 

Remark. — The  abovo  letter  is  from  a  lady,  tho  wifo  of  a  young  New  Haven  merchant,  residing  in  Elm  Street,  and 
doin  (business  in  Chapel  Street.  Upon  maraiagc  she  "found  herself  totally  deficient  in  sexuul  feeling.  She,  however,  paid 
no  attention  to  its  restoration  until  she  had  engendered  not  only  a  weakness,  and  premonitory  symptoms  of  whites,  but 
had,  by  repeated  cohabitation,  contracted  pain  and  weakness  in  the  back  and  side,  losing  her  usual  strength,  and  apparently 
becoming  a  nervous  and  broken  down  invalid.  She  wrote  to  us,  enclosing  $10,  and 'asked  our  Special  Treatment  to  restore 
I  her  to  amativa  enjoyment.  Wo  sent  it — restored  her — and  afterwards  sent  her  medicine  to  invigorate  her  system,  and  to 
check  any  weakness  or  whites  that  had  previously  gained  a  foothold.  She  afterwards  ordered  "  Printed  Instructions" 
and  Envelopes,  stating  that  she  felt  fully  restored,  and  asking  us  to  send  our  bill  for  the  "  Instructions,"  Envelopes,  and  for 
all  she  might  owe  us.  She  owed  us  nothing,  as  $10  sent  covered  all  Treatment,  and  the  "Instructions"  and  Envelopes 
came  to  only  $7  35.  We  sent  them  and  our  bill  of  $7  35,  and  she  enclosed  to  us  the  amount  with  the  above  letter.  In 
January  following  she  wrote  us,  speaking  highly  of  both  "Instructions"  and  Envelopes,  and  enclosing  $4  00  for  a  copy  of 
the  former,  to  be  sent  to  a  friend  or  relative  of  hers,  engaged  i  i  a  college  in  Greencastle,  Indiana.  We  sent  "  Printed  In- 
structions," as  directed,  to  Mrs.   ,  Greencastle,  Indiana  ;  and  in  May  we  received  from  the  Indiana  recipient  the  follow- 
ing letter,  which  reads: 

Greencastle,  Ind.,  May  28th,  18G6.—  Last  winter  I  received  from  you  your  Circular,  your  "Printed  Instructions,"  and  a 
letter  stating  that  the  "Instructions"  were  paid  for  and  sent  to  me  by  a  friend  of  mine  whose  name  Bhe  wished  kept 
sii  ut.  I  felt  thankful  for  the  gift,  but  more  so  when  I  found  how  replete  every  page  was  with  useful  things  heretofore 
.unknown  to  me.  I  have  been  blessed  with  additional  joys  and  freedom  in  the  marriago  relation  since  provided  with  their 
mode  of  pr  jventing  conception,  and  I  have  no  doubt  but  that  they  would  be  equally  aj  effective  in  removing  obstructions. 
I  have  never  had  occasion  to  use  them  for  the  latter  purpose,  as  they  keep  me  regular,  strong  and  buoyant;  and,  were  it  in 
my  power,  I  would  acquaint  the  world  of  the  advantage  and  comfort  to  be  derived  from  them.  But  I  could  do  no  more 
than  give  you  names,  and  I  will  say  that  the  following  are  persons  likely  to  need  your  "  Instructions,"  [Here  are  6  names.] 
Being  pleased  with  your  "Instructions,"  we  desire  to  try  your  Envelopes,  and  you  may  send  us  C.  O.  D.  by  American 

Express,  Samples,  and  1  doz.  Semi-fibrous  Envelopes,  and  oblige  yours,  Mrs.  .  Direct  to  Prof.  ,  Asbury  Seminary, 

Greencastle,  Ind.,  and  have  the  package  well  sealed.— [Read  A  "  Question  Answered,"  page  6. 

Norwalk,  Conn.,  April  5th  1866.— Enclosed  is  a  list  of  ten  names.  You  can  send  your  circular  to  them.  They  are  all 
acquaintances  of  mine.  I  like  your  "  Printed  Instructions  "  well.  I  would  like  to  see  your  Envelopes,  but  can't  afford  them 
at  present.    Your  friend,  Mrs.  J.  E.  A  . 

Worcester,  Mass.,  August  10th,  133;5. — Send  to  me  by  mail,  carefully  enclosed,  of  your  best  Semi-fibrous  envelopes,  one 
dozen.  Enclosed  you  have  a  "  V  "  and  postage.  Your  goods,  for  three  years,  have  been  to  us  constant  promoters  of  com- 
fort and  peace.    Direct  to  me  at  No.  — Worcester  Bank  Block,  Foster  St.    Yours,  . 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Feb.  7. — Please  send  to  me  by  Adams  Express,  to  No.  —  Golden  Hill,  a  "  C.  O.  D."  package,  worth  G  or 
8  dollars,  of  Envelopes,  such  as  you  deem  the  best,  all  things  considered.  I  sent  for  samples  some  time  ago,  and  I  don't 
know  which  I  do  prefer.   I  like  them  all.    Respectfully,  Geo.  W.  . 

Lowell,  Mass.,  August  24th,  1866. — I  was  married  some  time  ago;  but  never,  until  lately,  have  I  paid  any  attention  to  the 
subjects  spoken  of  in  your  circular.  I  have  so  little  confidence,  that  I  had  concluded  never  to  trouble  myself,  except  to  let 
nature  take  her  course,  and  to  control  her  only  by  caution  and  self-denial.  My  wife  saw  your  circular,  or  at  any  rate,  got 
your  address  and,  unbeknown  to  me,  sent  you  $4  for  your  "Printed  Instructions:  "  but  on  receiving  them,  we  do  not  regret 
the  expenditure.  On  the  other  hand  we  are  delighted  with  them,  and  you  have  our  entire  confidence.  To  see  the  thing  out, 
and  to  thank  you  for  your  fidelity,  I  herewith  enclose  $5.60  for  a  dozen  package  Semi- fibrous  Envelopes,  Guide,  your  Epitome, 

and  a  paper  of  Envelope  Powders.  Send  carefully  sealed  by  mail,  or  express,  as  you  think  best,  to  me,  in  care  of  ,  and 

they  will  reach  mc  saiely.    Yours,  .    [See  "A  Question  Answered,"  page  6.] 

Salem,  Mass.,  May  12. — Allow  me  to  ask  you  a  few  questions  relative  to,  &c.  [Here  are  questions  and  inquiries  relative  to 
health  matters,  &c]  I  am  strong  in  the  belief  that,  had  I  ever  given  birth  to  another  child,  that  the  grave  would  have  been 
my  only  lot.  In  each  of  the  confinements  through  which  I  have  passed,  my  suffering  was  beyond  human  comprehension, 
except  to  those  who  have  experienced  this  pain  in  a  like  degree.  My  pelvis  is  so  unusually  small,  and  my  children  are  all 
head,  that  my  confinement  is  attended  with  unfortunate  ills.  I  feel  that  your  "  Printed  Instructions  "  are  what  I  owe  my 
life  to.  I  had.  taken  pills,  and  done  everything  but  violence  to  remove  the  obstruction,  and  my  husband  and  I  had  made  up 
our  minds  to  resort  to  the  aid  of  an  abortionist,  which  is  the  lesser  of  two  e vils,  death  or  abortion,  when  a  friend  gave  me  v^a 
circular,  saying  that  your  "  Printed  Instructions  "  would  speedily  and  safely  remove  the  obstruction,  and  introducer'-' 
I  had  no  faith,  but,  like  a  drowning  man  grasping  at  a  strU  A ,  i  ent  for  them ;  but  in  seven  days  aiterT  received  them  I  was. 
.under  their  system,  regular,  with  a  full  period  of  menstruation.  We  have  stout,  active  children,  all  healthy,  and  we  are  hap- 
py with  them,  but  can  never  think  of  the  idea  of  having  more.  [She  goes  on  with  her  letter,  speaking  of  matters  pertaining 
to  her  case,  but  uninteresting  and  too  lengthy  to  print  here].  She  closes  by  saying  :  Everything  before  me  looks  bright.  I 
:ear  nothing.  My  husband,  myself,  and  our  children  are  all  healthy,  and  your  Instructions  or  Envelopes  [Read"^4  Question  An- 
swered"] are  that  strong  shield  which  will  protect  us  from  the  perils  that  so  unfortunately  attend  our  marriage  relation.  We 
still  take  pains  in  circulating  your  circulars  wherever  we  can,  and  shall  continue  to  do  so.  Believe  me,  devotedly  yours, 
Mrs.  Rev.  

.  Portland,  June  20th. — When  last  I  wrote  you  I  enclosed  $5.00  for  a  dozen  best  Envelopes.  I  have  given  away  most  of 
them  and  wish  to  order  by  express,  C.  O.  D.,  a  larger  supply,  as  they  are  well  liked  by  my  brothers.  We  want  enough  for 
us  and  some  of  our  friends,  and.  we  want  you  to  send  us  2  dozen  best,  1  dozen  Noose,  1  dozen  best  Safe,  and  there  will  be 
enough  for  all  of  us.  Money  is  no  object,  compared  with  their  utility  and  use.  There  are  four  of  us,  and  we  want  3  boxes 
of  Envelope  Powders.  I  have  a  box  for  myself.  What  is  the  lowest  you  will  take  for  four  copies  Instructions  ?  [Read  "  A 
Question  Answered,"  page  6.]  Send  by  Eastern  Express  to  me.  Yours  truly,  (direct  thus),  Mr.  ,  Thomas  Block,  Com- 
mercial street,  Portland,  Me. 

No.  —  Market  street,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  July  17,  1866.— I  ordered  your  "Printed  Instructions"  for  my  wife.  They 
speedily  removed  the  obstruction  which  had  stood  some  months.  We  shall  employ  them  for  preventing  conception,  but  may 
some  future  time  try  your  Envelopes.  I  write  you  to  ask  that  you  send  circulars  to  [here  are  seven  names.]  By  so  doing 
you  will  oblige  us  and  benefit  yourselves.    Yours,  John  C  . 

Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  May  9th.— We  like  your  Instructions,  and  feel  well  repaid  their  expense — we  have  had  them  over  a  year 

and  we  are  going  to  try  your  Envelopes.    Mrs.  ,  who  has  used  them,  says  she  likes  them  ;  and  you  will  find  enclosed 

^3,00,  for  half  dozen  semi-fiDrous.    Send  them  by  express  to  me,  care  Mr.  ,  No.  —  Congress  Street.    Yours,  in  haste, 

Mrs.  .    P.  S. — Send  your  best,  and  if  they  please  as  well  as  the  Instructions  do,  you  will  hear  from  us  again.  [Read 

"  A  Question  Answered,"  page  6.] 

Room  No.  — ,  Elliott  House  Block,  Bath,  Me.,  March  29.— Send,  for  the  enclosed  money,  half  dozen  Noose  and  half  dozen 
best  French  Safes.  I  like  the  Semi-fibrous,  and  want  to  try  these,  too.  Your  goods  can't  be  beat  1  Send  good  ones.  Your 
old  customer,  ,  Esq. 

Bangor,  (Me.,)  January  20.— Send  me,  by  express,  C.  O.  D.,  your  Printed  Instructions  and  Womb-guard.  I  have  used 
your  Envelopes,  and  nothing,  in  my  opinion,  can  excel  them,  unless  it  be  what  I  now  order.  [Read  A  Question  Answered, 
page  6.]   Direct  to  me,  at  No.  —  West  End,  Kenduskeag  Bridge,  Bangor.  Yours,  with  respect,  E.  L.  W. 

f^UDirect  to  my  residence,  No.  —  Allen  Street,  Providence,  R.  I.,  half  dozen  best  Envelopes— and  Powders— and  Guide — 

jjjpd  Epitome.    I  enclose  the  money.    Send  by  mail.    If  they  are  as  good  as  your  Instructions  I  shall  feel  satisfied.  [Read  A  . 

Question  Answered,  page  6.]    Yours,  Mrs.  E.  C.  E.   Feb.  16,  '66. 

The  following  from  a  Methodist  Clergyman  in  the  West. 
Lake  City,  Minn.,  Sept.  5th,  1866. — A  year  ago  I  sent  and  obtained  of  you  by  mail,  one  dozen  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes.  I 

rfind  them  ail  you  recommend  them.  I  also  obtained  your  " Printed  Directions,"  [he  means  to  say  "Printed  Instructions,"] 
which,  in  the  satisfaction  and  feeling  of  safety  they  afford  my  wife  and  myself  in  the  knowledge  they  impart,  we  feel  are 
worth  more  than  can  be  expressed  in  dollars.  By  way  of  kindness  to  my  wife,  I  choose  to  use  Envelopes  during  the  days  of 
danger,  after  menstruation.  [Note.  By  following  the  Instructions  and  also  using  the  Envelopes,  he  was  making  a  sure  thing 
doubly  sure.  Either  was  sufficient,  but  in  his  anxiety,  he  used,  two  safeguards  against  an  event  of  which  either  one  was  wholly 
sufficient,  in  being  a  sure  preventive.    See  "A  Question  answered,"  page  6.    He  goes  on  and  says:]  And  1  wish  to  become 

acquainted  with  other  kind3  of  your  goods.    Will  you  please  send  me  by  Express,  C.  O.  D.  to  Rev.  ,  Lake  City, 

Wabasha  Co.,  Minn.,  as  follows:  [  Here  is  an  order  for  goods.]   I  order  largely;  hope  you  will  make  the  bill  as  small  as  may 

be  for  the  quantity,  and  send  soon,  as  I  think  of  changing  my  residence  this  fall.    Yours,  . 

Chicago,  HI.,  Aug.  29,  1866. — Enclosed  you  will  please  find  a  check  for  $10.  I  want  one  dozen  Semi-Fibrous,  one  dozen 
Noose,  and  Envelope  Powders.  The  package  you  sent  me  some  time  ago  was  perfect,  and  I  was  so  pleased,  that  I  gave  many 
away  to  my  intimate  friends,  and  so  I  must  have  some  more.    Send  by  mail  to  the  care  of  John  V.  Farwell  &  Co.,  42,  44, 

and  46  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  HI.    I  am,  yours,  &c.,  

Banking  House,  No.  —  King  Street,  East  Toronto,  C.  W.,  Aug.  11,  1866. — Your  Printed  Instructions  I  have  received,  and  1 
am  thankful  for  the  speedjr  results  which  they  have  brought  uoout.  They  seem  to  place  nature  at  the  bidding  of  woman. 
Receive  my  heartfelt  thanks.  At  first  I  had  no  confidence  in  ypu,  but  the  pressing  and  urgent  circumstances  induced  me  to 
grasp  at  anything  within  my  reach,  though  I  had  repeatedly  tailed,  and  when  a  friend  gave  me  your  circular,  I  looked  to 


li 

You— though  with  but  little.confidenee,— but  now  I  know  the  re  is  the  fullest  reality  in  your  "Printed  Instructions,"  and  I 
I  find  sweet  delight  in  writing  to  you  and  telling  you  how  I  feel.  The  Instructions  have  been  so  much  to  me,  that  I  prefer  to  \ 
employ  them  for  the  other  purposes  at  present,  but  may  sometime  send  for  some  of  your  goods.  Most  gratefully  yours,  Mrs.  I 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  Sept.  8th. — On  the  ICth  ult.,  I  was  married  at  St.  Paul,  Minu.  While  there,  a  very  confidential  friend  of  j 
mine  handed  me  your  circular,  saying  that  it  represented  a  substantial  est  iblishment.  I  immediately  sent  $4.00,  and  re 
ccived  your  "Printed  Instructions."  I  am  paid  a  hundred  times  over  for  the  money  sent.  Their  pages  are  replete  with  ( 
nature's  mysteries  in  full  exposition,  My  satisfaction  of  them  and  y  >u,  and  my  curiosity  to  see  some  of  your  goods,  impels  [ 
me,  even  without  any  real  need  for  them,  to  send  the  enclosed  $3.55  for  your  Sample  Package,  Guide  and  Powders!  Care-  I 
fully  disguise,  and  direct  legibly  to   Yours,  with  deep  respect,  Rev.  ,  Principal  ox-  Nashville,  Tenn. 

No.  — Westminster  Street,  Providence,  It.  L,  Aug.  24th,  18GG. — I  would  ask  that  you  send  to  me,  by  express,  some  of  \ 
your  Noose  and  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes — say  half  a  dozen  of  each.    I  enclose  a  draft  to  pay  for  them,  and  if  there  is  too 
much,  return  overplus  with  goods.    Do  well  by  me,  as  I  am,  if  you  will  remember,  an  old  patronizer  of  your  establishment. 
I  am,  yours,  &c,  Stephen  E  . 

Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  3d,  1866. — Direct  to  the  undersigned,  at  my  residence,  No.  —  Kingston  Street,  one  dozen  of  your  j 
best  Condoms.    Send  Guide  and  Epitome  and  Powders.    I  am  able  to  state  that  your  goods,  as  well  as  your  "Instruc- 
tions," fully  meet  the  expectations  of  the  purchaser.    Truly  yours,  Mrs.  . 

Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  20. — I  have  been  married  four  years,  and  I  have  all  the  family  I  can  take  care  of  at  present.  But  it 
still  increases,  and  a  friend  of  mine  tolls  me  confidentially  to  send  you  four  dollars,  and  you  will  send  "Printed  Instruc- 
tions," that  will  remove  obstructions  of  four  and  five  months'  standing,  and  that  will  also  avoid  conception.  1  enclose  the 
money,  and  desire  you  to  send  them,  with  your  Circulars,  &c.  Direct  them  to  me,  care  of  N  ,  P  &  Co.,  —  Commer- 
cial St.,  Boston.    Yours,  .    [In  a  short  time  after  he  received  the  Instructions,  he  wrote  us  a  letter  commending  them,  I 

speaking  of  his  success,  and  ordering  Sample  Package  of  Envelopes,  saying  he  would  spare  no  pains  to  help  us  all  he  could.] 
Read  "A  Question  Answered,"  page  6. 

Burlington,  Vt.,  April  3d,  1866. — I  have  had  your  Printed  Instructions  some  months,  and  I  think  no  married  couple  can  j 
get  along  in  health  without  them,  independent  of  removing  pregnancy  and  keeping  out  of  getting  so.    I  send  you  eleven 
names,  and  you  may  send  each  a  Circular.   Some  of  them  are  just  married.   Yours,  . 

Concord,  N.  H.,  May  24th. — Send  me  for  this  money  (five  dollars),  some  more  of  your  Envelopes.  Those  you  last  sent 
were  very  durable.    I  want  large  size.  Semi-fibrous  Envelopes.    I  have  sent  you  many  customers  in  this  place,  from  among 

my  intimate  friends,  and  I  hope  to  send  you  more.     Ever  yours,  Mrs.  -,  Box   ,  P.O.,  Concord,  N.  H.     [The  above 

letter  is  from  a  wh'e  who  had  the  Whites  and  Painful  Menstruation,  together  with  its  ever-present  companion — loss  ot 
amative  feeling  and  vigor,  and  we  cured  her  completely — since  which  time  (1864)  she  has  been  a  constant  patron  and  advo- 
cate of  our  cause.    Her  husband  has  an  office  in  Masonic  Temple,  and  i3  a  man  of  much  means  and  influence.] 

Omaha  City,  Nebraska,  June  14,  1866. — Enclosed  please  find  five  dollars.  Send  me  one  dozen  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes. 
I  have  your  Printed  Instructions,  and  they  fuiiy  meet  my  every  expectation.    I  desire  to  try  the  Envelopes,  and  I  know  no 

better  use  to  put  my  money  to  than  promoting  the  happiness  of  my  married  relation.     Direct  to   ,  corner  of  Tenth 

and  Farnham  Streets,  Omaha,  Nebraska.   Yours,  . 

The  following  Testimonial  is  from  a  Minister's  wife.    Read  it  : 

Bowdoinham,  Me.,  Aug.  3d,  1366.— Madam  :  [Alter  first  stating  that  the  way  she  first  learned  of  us  was  by  some  friend 
sending  her  our  Circular,  she  adds  that]  I  was  much  pleased  that  some  one  had  interested  themselves  in  this  very  important 
subject.  I  consider  yours  a  christian  work.  But  what  I  wish  to  say  is  this :  if  you  will  send  me  some  of  your  advertisements 
(in  any  form)  free  of  expense  to  me,  I  will,  free  of  expense  to  you,  circulate  them  among  my  lady  acquaintances  in  this  and  ! 
other  towns,  as  an  act  of  disinterested  benevolence  to  my  sex.    My  circle  of  acquaintances  is  large,  as  my  husband  is  a  min-  I 
ister,  and  his  charge  extensive.   If  you  do  not  advertise  in  the  newspapers,  the  public  has  a  limited  means  of  information 
in  regard  to  your  goods,  or  whero  they  may  be  obtained.    Would  it  not  be  for  your  advantage  to  have  an  agent  in  every 
town  ?   Some  lady  would  take  the  agency.   I  think  that  this  business  is  calculated  to  ba  a  blessing  to  our  race,  and  is  not  j 
beneath  the  di;mity  of  any  christian  woman  or  lady.   There  are  many  who  would  be  glad  to  use  your  goods,  if  they  knew  j 
about  them  and  where  they  could  be  obtained.    Any  advertisement  or  circular  from  you,  stating  this,  will  be  sufficient,  and 
if  you  see  fit  to  send  me  gome,  I  will  interest  myself  in  them  and  circulate  them  among  my  friends.    Yours  respectfully, 

sai  ^Ie-'   ■Direct  to  M-rs*  Kev*  '  ■P'  °'  Box  — *  BoW(loinham,  Maine. 

*"i4'  '\a.  Wis.,  Dec,  20th,  1866. — Dear  Madame. — I  received  your  " Printed  Instructions"  about  one  year  ago,  and  am 
very  much  pleased  with  them,  and  the  oth^r  goods  we  Scul^^^rrrived,  and  we  wore  very  much  pleased  with  them.  Wo 
send  you  a  list  of  names  which  we  think  will  patronize  you.  Please  accept  them  with  our  heartfelt  thanks.  Yours  truly, 
Mrs.  L.  B  .   [Here  are  ten  names  given.— See  "  A  Question  Answered,"  page  6.] 

Westfield,  Mass.,  Nov.  14. — Mmes.,  &c. — Your  package  is  received  by  me,  for  which  I  am  well  pleased.  I  have  thought  of 
some  of  my  friends  which  I  think  would  like  some  of  your  goods,  and  have  enclosed  the  following  names.  I  shall  endeavor, 
on  my  part,  to  do  all  I  can  for  you,  and  when  I  see  or  hear  of  any  friends  needing  your  goods,  I  will  give  you  their  names,  so 
that  you  can  send  them  your  circular.  Hoping  you  will  be  pleased  with  the  names  I  have  sent  you,  I  remain,  Respectfully 
Yours,  .   [Here  are  twelve  names.] 

Oshkosh,  Wis.,  January  23d,  1867.— Mmes.,  &c— Having  used  your  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes,  and  being  pleased  with  them, 
I  will  enclose  three  dollars  for  a  half  dozen  more  of  them,  and  hope  to  get  them  as  soon  as  possible.    You  will  please  send 

them  by  mail  to  Mrs.  ,  N  ,  P.  O.  Box  ,  Oshkosh,  Wis.    I  will  now  send  you  a  few  names  of  persons  who  1  am  j 

sure  would  be  very  glad  to  get  one  of  your  circulars.  It  was  by  chance  that  I  saw  one  of  them,  and  I  shall  ever  be  thankful 
to  you  for  the  good  I  received  from  the  perusal  of  it,  and  if  any  of  the  enclosed  list  of  persons  is  benefited  by  a  circular 
from  you,  I  shall  be  very  glad,  and  will  be  pleased  to  send  you  more  names.    In  haste,  .    [Here  are  eleven  names.] 

Dear  Madam.— Enclosed  I  send  you  $3  25  and  postage,  for  a  Sample  Package,  Guide  and  Epitome.   I  send  a  few  names, 

hoping  to  do  much  good,  &c.    I  have  found  that  you  are  honest    Please  send  by  mail  to   D  ,  Franklin,  N.  H.  | 

"  Mum  is  the  word."  Yours,  &c,  [This  letter  contained  nine  names  for  Franklin,  Sanbornton  Bridge,  Holderness,  etc. 

Chillicothe,  Ohio,  Nov.  5th,  1866. — I  have  received  your  Printed  Instructions,  am  well  pleased  with  them,  have  some  extra 
circulars,  will  distribute  them  to  my  friends,  and  will  try  and  send  you  some  more  names  after  a  while.  Enclosed  find  four  • 
names,  also  [Here  she  makes  an  order  for  a  Package,  for  a  friend.]   Yours,  M.  H.  K  ,  Chillicothe,  Ross  Co.,  Ohio. 

Delaware,  Ohio,  Dec.  28th,  1863.— Mmes,  &c. — We  herewifh  enclose  you  a  list  of  names.    We  are  well  pleased  with  the 
Printed  Destructions.    Respectfully,  Geo.  W.  S  . 

Antrim  City,  Mich.,  Nov.  7th,  1866. — Dear  Madam. — Your  goods  were  received,  and  we  are  well  satisfied  with  them. 
Respectfully  yours,  Mrs.  E.  L.  W  ,  [In  her  said  letter  she  sends  us  a  list  of  names.] 

East  Wilton,  Me.,  Jany.  29,  '67. — Madam.— I  received  your  Printed  Instructions  in  due  season,  and  should  have  acknowledg- 
ed it  before  now,  but  family  cares  prevented.    I  like  them  very  much.    I  send  you  six  names.    Please  send  them  some  of  ! 
your  circulars.   Yours,  in  haste,  Mrs.  A.  B.  M  . 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  Jany.  7th,  1867.   Mmes.,  kc. — The  circulars  you  sent  me  in  December  last  are  all  used  by  me.  I  have 
placed  them  in  the  way  of  those  who  must  be  benefited  by  them,  and  from  whom  you  will,  beyond  any  doubt,  receive  many  1 
orders  for  goods.   Could  you  send  me  more  I  can  dispose  of  them,  and  will  do  so  cheerfully  indeed,  if  you  wish  me  to.  ~ 
do  feel  that  I  can  never  repay  what  I  realiy  owe  to  you ;  and,  when  I  know  the  unspeakable  worth  and  economy,  both  in  he;  f 
and  happiness,  derived  from  your  Destructions  and  goods,  I  feel  that  I  am  doing  very  much  good  in  guiding  my  friends  t  I 
knowledge  of  your  Establishment.     I  feel  constant  improvement  in  my  general  health,  and  have,  ever  since  I  follov>  • 
your  Instructions ;  but  I  fear  my  repeated  letters  become  tedious  to  you,  and  that  you  will  not  care  to  read  them.    I  simp"* 
desire  more  Circulars,  and  will  send  them  to  my  acquaintances,  far  and  near.    I  am,  dear  ladies,  gratefully  and  sincerel/1 

your  indebted  servant,  Mrs.  Emma  C.  F  ,  No.  —  Chestnut  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y.   P.  S.— If  you  conclude  to  send  many, 

you  may  direct  them  to  my  husband,  ,  Attorney  at  Law,  —  Buffalo  Street,  (near  the  Court  House.)  Please  do  them  up 

strongly. 

No.  —  Superior  Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  February  4th,  1867.— Dear  Madams.— Will  you  send  to  me,  at  my  residence,  No. 
—  Euclid  Street,  C.  O.  D.,  by  Merchant's  Union  Express  Co.,  two  dozen  Semi-Fibrous  Envelopes,  at  your  most  liberal 
rates,  remembering  that  I  am  an  old  patron  to  your  firm.  The  longer  I  use  your  goods  the  firmer  am  I  in  the  conviction 
that  for  right  practical  blessings  I  can  do  no  better  than  to  look  to  your  Institution.  Carefully  and  promptly  fill  this  order, 
that  they  may  be  here  Saturday  night,  without  failure.    Respectfully  yours,  H.  E.  M. 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  February  7th,  1867.— Send  by  mail,  for  the  within  $4.00,  a  copy  of  your  Printed  Instructions  to  Mrs.  H. 
A.  P  ,  Coatsville,  Pa.    I  have  a  copy  and  desire  this  sister  of  mine  to  have  one  also.    Yours,  truly,  Wm.  A.  H  . 

ft^F  It  is  useless  for  us  to  multiply  proofs  of  the  ••steem  in  which  we  are  held  by  our  patrons,  by  exhibit- 
ing more  testimonials.  To  any  well  disposed  mind  (these  are  sufficient,  and  we  certainly  have  no  more  room 
in  a  Circular  which  must  be  confined  within  the  weight  of  three  cents  postage,  to  publish  any  more. 


